Murdered Father, Dead Father - Revisiting the Oedipus Complex (Paperback)

Murdered Father, Dead Father: Revisiting the Oedipus Complex examines the progressive construction of the notion of paternal function and its central relevance in psychoanalysis. The distinction between the murdered (narcissistic) father and the dead father is seen as providing a paradigm for the understanding of different types of psychopathologies, as well as works of literature, anthropology and historical events. New concepts are introduced, such as "a father is being beaten", and a distinction between the descriptive apres coup and the dynamic apres coup that provides a model for a psychoanalytic understanding of temporality. The book includes a reflection on how the concepts of the death instinct and the negative, in their connection with that which is at the limits of representability, are an aid to an understanding of Auschwitz, a moment of rupture in European culture that the author characterizes as " the murder of the dead father". Perelberg's book is an important clinical and intellectual marker, and will be required reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as students in all these disciplines.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The New Library of Psychoanalysis
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Rosine Jozef Perelberg
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-84184-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-138-84184-6
Barcode:	9781138841840

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