Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition Self and Society from Freud to Kristeva |
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| Author:
| Elliott, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85343-445-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1999 |
| Publisher: | Free Association Books Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society, Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in understanding issues about the self and self-identity, ideology and power, sexual difference and gender. The second edition surveys the recent changes that...
More DescriptionThis book is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society, Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in understanding issues about the self and self-identity, ideology and power, sexual difference and gender. The second edition surveys the recent changes that have taken place in psychoanalytic social theory.