Transitional Subjects - Critical Theory and Object Relations (Hardcover)

Critical social theory has long been marked by a deep, creative, and productive relationship with psychoanalysis. Whereas Freud and Fromm were important cornerstones for the early Frankfurt School, recent thinkers have drawn on the object-relations school of psychoanalysis. Transitional Subjects is the first book-length collection devoted to the engagement of critical theory with the work of Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and other members of this school. Featuring contributions from some of the leading figures working in both of these fields, including Axel Honneth, Joel Whitebook, Noelle McAfee, Sara Beardsworth, and C. Fred Alford, it provides a synoptic overview of current research at the intersection of these two theoretical traditions while also opening up space for further innovations. Transitional Subjects offers a range of perspectives on the critical potential of object-relations psychoanalysis, including feminist and Marxist views, to offer valuable insight into such fraught social issues as aggression, narcissism, "progress," and torture. The productive dialogue that emerges augments our understanding of the self as intersubjectively and socially constituted and of contemporary "social pathologies." Transitional Subjects shows how critical theory and object-relations psychoanalysis, considered together, have not only enriched critical theory but also invigorated psychoanalysis.

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Directions in Critical Theory, 67
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Amy Allen • Brian O'Connor
Contributors:	Axel Honneth • Joel Whitebook • C. Fred Alford • Alessandro Ferrera • Amy Allen • Owen Hulatt • James Martel • Johanna Meehan
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-18318-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General
LSN:	0-231-18318-6
Barcode:	9780231183185

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