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For and Against Psychoanalysis (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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For and Against Psychoanalysis (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Psychoanalysis has always been a source of controversy throughout
academic and popular culture. This controversy relates to questions
of its true value, its scientific status, its politics and its
therapeutic effectiveness. Psychoanalysis' defenders regard it as a
body of knowledge built on careful and painstaking exploration of
complex clinical encounters, offering more detailed and valid
insights than can be obtained from other sources. Psychoanalysis is
also a building block for considerations of human subjectivity in a
wide range of academic disciplines and practical areas of work,
from social theory to feminist studies, to counseling and
psychotherapy.
In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of "For and
Against Psychoanalysis," Stephen Frosh examines the arguments
surrounding psychoanalysis at some key points: its standing as a
scientific theory, its value as a method of therapy, its potency as
a contributor to debates around identity construction, gender,
homosexuality andracism. At each of these points, there is
something to be said 'for and against' psychoanalysis, with the
balance depending on whether it deepens our understanding of human
functioning, whether it is consistent with its own perceptions and
theories or seems subservient to social pressures and norms, and
whether it is coherent or muddled, evocative or sterile.
"For and Against Psychoanalysis" provides an accessible
introduction and critical guide to the current standing of
psychoanalysis. It is essential reading for students of
psychoanalysis, counseling, psychotherapy and psychology, and for
social researchers and social theorists, as well as for those who
are simply interested in what placepsychoanalysis has in the modern
world.
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