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Psychoanalysis is a strange and mysterious practice. In his new
book, Ian Parker offers insights into his own experiences, first as
trainee then as analyst, the common assumptions about
psychoanalysis which can be so misleading, as well as a map of the
key debates in the field today. Beginning with his own history, at
first avoiding psychoanalysis before training as a Lacanian, Parker
moves on to explore the wider historical development of clinical
practice, making an argument for the importance of language,
culture and history in this process. The book offers commentary on
the key schools of thought, and how they manifest in the practice
of psychoanalysis in different regions around the world.
Psychoanalysis, Clinic and Context will be of great value to
practitioners and social theorists who want to know how
psychoanalytic ideas play out in training and the clinic, for
trainees and students of psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic
psychotherapy, and for the general reader who wants to know what
psychoanalysis is and how it works.
Psychoanalysis is a strange and mysterious practice. In his new
book, Ian Parker offers insights into his own experiences, first as
trainee then as analyst, the common assumptions about
psychoanalysis which can be so misleading, as well as a map of the
key debates in the field today. Beginning with his own history, at
first avoiding psychoanalysis before training as a Lacanian, Parker
moves on to explore the wider historical development of clinical
practice, making an argument for the importance of language,
culture and history in this process. The book offers commentary on
the key schools of thought, and how they manifest in the practice
of psychoanalysis in different regions around the world.
Psychoanalysis, Clinic and Context will be of great value to
practitioners and social theorists who want to know how
psychoanalytic ideas play out in training and the clinic, for
trainees and students of psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic
psychotherapy, and for the general reader who wants to know what
psychoanalysis is and how it works.
This pioneering volume brings together scholars and clinicians
working at the intersection of Islam and psychoanalysis to explore
both the connections that link these two traditions, as well as the
tensions that exist between them. Uniting authors from a diverse
range of traditions and perspectives, including Freudian, Jungian,
Lacanian, Object-Relations, and Group-Analytic, the book creates a
dialogue through which several key questions can be addressed. How
can Islam be rendered amenable to psychoanalytic interpretation?
What might an 'Islamic psychoanalysis' look like that accompanies
and questions the forms of psychoanalysis that developed in the
West? And what might a 'psychoanalytic Islam' look like that speaks
for, and perhaps even transforms, the forms of truth that Islam
produces? In an era of increasing Islamophobia in the West, this
important book identifies areas where clinical practice can be
informed by a deeper understanding of contemporary Islam, as well
as what it means to be a Muslim today. It will appeal to trainees
and practitioners of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, as well as
scholars interested in religion and Islamic studies.
What are discourses? Are discourses 'real', and what is real
outside language? Originally published in 1992, Ian Parker provides
one of the clearest and most systematic introductions to discourse
research and the essential theoretical debates in the area. At the
time it was one of the few texts to defend a realist position,
discuss accounts of postmodernity and set out criteria for the
identification of discourses. Discourse Dynamics is essential
reading to anyone interested in project research and an
understanding of the theoretical issues involved in discourse
analysis. The book will also be of use to students other than those
studying psychology. It addresses the concerns of all those looking
at qualitative textual research in the human sciences and is still
very much relevant today.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After the Unconscious is
the fifth volume in the series and addresses three central
questions: Why is Freud's concept of the unconscious important
today? Does language itself play a role in the creation of the
unconscious? How does Lacan radicalize Freud's notion of the
unconscious in relation to cultural research? The book provides a
clear explanation of Freudian and Lacanian accounts of the
unconscious. It also highlights their role in offering a new way of
describing, understanding and working with the human subject in
clinical settings and in cultural research. Part One shows how the
unconscious is elaborated in Freud's early case studies in Studies
on Hysteria, while Part Two focuses on Lacan's re-working of the
unconscious and its relationship to language and culture in his
influential public seminars. The book also provides access to key
debates currently occurring in Freudian and Lacanian
psychoanalysis, exploring both the clinical dimension and the
consequences for psychological and cultural research. Psychology
After the Unconscious is essential reading for students and
researchers in psychology, psychosocial studies, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and to psychoanalysts of
different traditions engaged in academic research. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within critical psychology to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker, features a newly written introduction and presents a
focused overview of a key topic area. Psychology After the Crisis
is the first volume in the series and addresses three important
questions: What was the crisis in psychology and why does it
continue now? How did debates regarding the traditional 'laboratory
experiment' paradigm in psychology set the scene for discourse
analysis? Why are these paradigm debates now crucial for
understanding contemporary critical psychology? The first two
chapters of the book describe the way critical psychology emerged
in Britain during the 1970s, and introduce four key theoretical
resources: Marxism, Feminism, Post-Structuralism and
Psychoanalysis. The chapters which follow consider in depth the
critical role of Marxist thinking as an analytic framework within
psychology. Subsequent chapters explore the application and
limitations of critical psychology for crucial topics such as
psychotherapy, counselling and climate change. A final chapter
presents an interview which reviews the main strands within
critical psychology, and provides an accessible introduction to the
series as a whole. Psychology After the Crisis is essential reading
for students and researchers in psychology, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and for discourse analysts of
different traditions. It will also introduce key ideas and debates
in critical psychology for undergraduates and postgraduate students
across the social sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Lacan is the sixth
volume in the series and addresses three central questions: Why is
Lacanian psychoanalysis re-emerging in mainstream contemporary
psychology? What is original in this account of the human subject?
What implications does Lacanian psychoanalysis have for psychology?
This book introduces Lacan's influential ideas about clinical
psychoanalysis and contemporary global culture to a new generation
of psychologists. The chapters cover a number of key themes
including conceptions of the human subject within psychology, the
uses of psychoanalysis in qualitative research, different
conceptions of ethics within psychology, and the impact of
cyberspace on human subjectivity. The book also explores key
debates currently occurring in Lacanian psychoanalysis, with
discussion of culture, discourse, identification, sexuality and the
challenge to mainstream notions of normality and abnormality.
Psychology After Lacan is essential reading for students and
researchers in psychology, psycho-social studies, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and to psychoanalysts of
different traditions engaged in academic research. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within critical psychology to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Lacan is the sixth
volume in the series and addresses three central questions: Why is
Lacanian psychoanalysis re-emerging in mainstream contemporary
psychology? What is original in this account of the human subject?
What implications does Lacanian psychoanalysis have for psychology?
This book introduces Lacan's influential ideas about clinical
psychoanalysis and contemporary global culture to a new generation
of psychologists. The chapters cover a number of key themes
including conceptions of the human subject within psychology, the
uses of psychoanalysis in qualitative research, different
conceptions of ethics within psychology, and the impact of
cyberspace on human subjectivity. The book also explores key
debates currently occurring in Lacanian psychoanalysis, with
discussion of culture, discourse, identification, sexuality and the
challenge to mainstream notions of normality and abnormality.
Psychology After Lacan is essential reading for students and
researchers in psychology, psycho-social studies, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and to psychoanalysts of
different traditions engaged in academic research. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within critical psychology to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker, and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Deconstruction is
the second volume in the series and addresses three important
questions: What is 'deconstruction' and how does it apply to
psychology? How does deconstruction radicalize social
constructionist approaches in psychology? What is the future for
radical conceptual and empirical research? The book provides a
clear account of deconstruction, and the different varieties of
this approach at work inside and outside the discipline of
psychology. In the opening chapters Parker describes the challenge
to underlying assumptions of 'neutrality' or 'objectivity' within
psychology that deconstruction poses, and its implications for
three key concepts: humanism, interpretation and reflexivity.
Subsequent chapters introduce several lines of debate, and discuss
their relation to mainstream axioms such as 'psychopathology',
'diagnosis' and 'psychotherapy', and alternative approaches like
qualitative research, humanistic psychology and discourse analysis.
Together, the chapters in this book show how, via a process of
'erasure', deconstructive approaches question fundamental
assumptions made about language and reality, the self and the
social world. By demonstrating the application of deconstruction to
different areas of psychology, it also seeks to provide a 'social
reconstruction' of psychological research. Psychology After
Deconstruction is essential reading for students and researchers in
psychology, sociology, social anthropology and cultural studies,
and for discourse analysts of different traditions. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within deconstruction to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker, and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Deconstruction is
the second volume in the series and addresses three important
questions: What is 'deconstruction' and how does it apply to
psychology? How does deconstruction radicalize social
constructionist approaches in psychology? What is the future for
radical conceptual and empirical research? The book provides a
clear account of deconstruction, and the different varieties of
this approach at work inside and outside the discipline of
psychology. In the opening chapters Parker describes the challenge
to underlying assumptions of 'neutrality' or 'objectivity' within
psychology that deconstruction poses, and its implications for
three key concepts: humanism, interpretation and reflexivity.
Subsequent chapters introduce several lines of debate, and discuss
their relation to mainstream axioms such as 'psychopathology',
'diagnosis' and 'psychotherapy', and alternative approaches like
qualitative research, humanistic psychology and discourse analysis.
Together, the chapters in this book show how, via a process of
'erasure', deconstructive approaches question fundamental
assumptions made about language and reality, the self and the
social world. By demonstrating the application of deconstruction to
different areas of psychology, it also seeks to provide a 'social
reconstruction' of psychological research. Psychology After
Deconstruction is essential reading for students and researchers in
psychology, sociology, social anthropology and cultural studies,
and for discourse analysts of different traditions. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within deconstruction to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Lacan, Discourse, Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual
Indeterminacy is an introduction to the emerging field of Lacanian
Discourse Analysis. It includes key papers that lay the foundations
for this research, and worked examples from analysts working with a
range of different texts. The editors Ian Parker and David
Pavon-Cuellar begin with an introduction which reviews the key
themes in discourse analysis and the problems faced by researchers
in that field of work including an overview of the development of
discourse analysis in different disciplines (psychology, sociology,
cultural studies and political and social theory). They also set
out the conceptual and methodological principles of Lacan's work
insofar as it applies to the field of discourse. Ian Parker and
David Pavon-Cuellar have divided the book into three main sections.
The first section comprises previously published papers, some not
yet available in English, which set out the foundations for
'Lacanian Discourse Analysis'. The chapters establish the first
lines of research, and illustrate how Lacanian psychoanalysis is
transformed into a distinctive approach to interpreting text when
it is taken out of the clinical domain. The second and third parts
of the book comprise commissioned papers in which leading
researchers from across the social sciences, from the
English-speaking world and from continental Europe and Latin
America, show how Lacanian Discourse Analysis works in practice.
Lacan, Discourse, Event: New Psychoanalytic Approaches to Textual
Indeterminacy is intended to be a definitive volume bringing
together writing from the leaders in the field of Lacanian
Discourse Analysis working in the English-speaking world and in
countries where Lacanian psychoanalysis is part of mainstream
clinical practice and social theory. It will be of particular
interest to psychoanalysts of different traditions, to
post-graduate and undergraduate researchers in psycho-social
studies, cultural studies, sociology and social anthropology.
Revolutionary Keywords for a New Left comprises short essays on
fifty revolutionary keywords, each word being put to work on a
contemporary political issue. With keywords ranging from
academicisation to neoliberalism, from postcolonial to Zionism and
with subjects including, Badiou, North Korea, sexual violence and
Zizek, the book concludes with an essay mapping the development of
progressive keywords before our century of revolution, which began
in 1917, keywords that emerged in the fifty years of struggle
between 1917 and 1967, and revolutionary keywords for the new left
today.
This book arises out of an important international conference held
in 2006 to discuss how regulation by the state has affected
psychoanalysis as a clinical discipline in many different parts of
the world. It explores the threat in psychoanalytic practice and
draws together arguments against it.
First published in 1993, this book provides clear illustrations of
discourse analytic work and empirical critiques of the traditional
psychological approaches. Drawing on a range of examples, the
contributors argue that identity, deeply felt emotions, prejudice,
and attitudes to social issues are created by the language that
describes them rather than being intrinsic to the individual. In
illustrating the variety of methods available through their studies
of punk identity, sexual jealousy, images of nature, political
talk, sexism in radio, education case conferences and occupational
choice, the contributors provide a challenging presentation of
discourse analysis in a psychological context.
Since the early 1970s, social psychology has been in crisis. At the
time Reconstructing Social Psychology (Armistead) provided a
critical review of theories and assumptions in the discipline.
Originally published in 1990, this title not only updates that
review but illustrates the ways in which assumptions had changed at
the time. The crisis is no longer seen as one which can be resolved
within social psychology itself, but rather as one more deeply
rooted in modern society. The contributors look at the issues
raised by deconstruction in the other human sciences, as well as
investigating the claims made by social psychology as a discipline.
They examine the rhetoric and texts of social psychology, analysing
how the texts which hold the discipline together obtain their
power. The arguments include the political implications of
deconstructive ideas, focusing on particular issues such as
research, therapy and feminism. Deconstructing Social Psychology
presents a strong selection of new critical writing in social
psychology. It will still be a useful text for students of
psychology, social science, and sociology, and for those working in
the area of language.
Choice Recommended Read Critical psychology has developed over time
from different standpoints, and in different cultural contexts,
embracing a variety of perspectives. This cutting-edge and
comprehensive handbook values and reflects this diversity of
approaches to critical psychology today, providing a definitive
state-of-the-art account of the field and an opening to the lines
of argument that will take it forward in the years to come. The
individual chapters by leading and emerging scholars plot the
development of a critical perspective on different elements of the
host discipline of psychology. The book begins by systematically
addressing each separate specialist area of psychology, before
going on to consider how aspects of critical psychology transcend
the divisions that mark the discipline. The final part of the
volume explores the variety of cultural and political standpoints
that have made critical psychology such a vibrant contested terrain
of debate. The Handbook of Critical Psychology represents a key
resource for researchers and practitioners across all relevant
disciplines. It will be of particular interest to students and
researchers in psychology, psychosocial studies, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and to discourse analysts of
different traditions, including those in critical linguistics and
political theory.
In the late 1960s a 'crisis' erupted in social psychology, with
many social psychologists highly critical of the 'old paradigm',
laboratory-experimental approach. Originally published in 1989 The
Crisis in Modern Social Psychology was the first book to provide a
clear account of the complex body of work that is critical of
traditional social psychological approaches. Ian Parker insisted
that the 'crisis' was not over, showing how attempts to improve
social psychology had failed, and explaining why we need instead a
political understanding of social interaction which links research
with change. Modern social psychology reflects the impact of
structuralist and post-structuralist conceptual crises in other
academic disciplines, and Parker describes the work of Foucault and
Derrida sympathetically and lucidly, making these important debates
accessible to the student and discussing their influence. He
assesses the responses from both mainstream social psychology and
from avant-garde textual social psychology to the influx of these
radical ideas, and discusses the promises and pitfalls of a
post-modern view of social action.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After the Unconscious is
the fifth volume in the series and addresses three central
questions: Why is Freud's concept of the unconscious important
today? Does language itself play a role in the creation of the
unconscious? How does Lacan radicalize Freud's notion of the
unconscious in relation to cultural research? The book provides a
clear explanation of Freudian and Lacanian accounts of the
unconscious. It also highlights their role in offering a new way of
describing, understanding and working with the human subject in
clinical settings and in cultural research. Part One shows how the
unconscious is elaborated in Freud's early case studies in Studies
on Hysteria, while Part Two focuses on Lacan's re-working of the
unconscious and its relationship to language and culture in his
influential public seminars. The book also provides access to key
debates currently occurring in Freudian and Lacanian
psychoanalysis, exploring both the clinical dimension and the
consequences for psychological and cultural research. Psychology
After the Unconscious is essential reading for students and
researchers in psychology, psychosocial studies, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and to psychoanalysts of
different traditions engaged in academic research. It will also
introduce key ideas and debates within critical psychology to
undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social
sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Psychoanalysis, the
fourth volume in the series, is about the impact of psychoanalysis
on critical debates in psychology. It addresses three central
questions: Why is psychoanalysis re-emerging within psychology? How
can psychoanalytic ideas inform psychosocial research? How does
psychoanalysis explain the relation between the individual and
society? International in scope, the book includes a clear account
of psychoanalysis, and the different varieties of the approach that
are at work inside and outside the discipline of psychology. It
explores the status of psychoanalysis as a series of concepts and
as a methodology, and shows how its clinical practice is crucial to
the way that it operates now in an academic context. In doing so,
the book sheds light on the arguments currently occurring inside
psychoanalysis, with discussion of its relation to critical
psychology, psychosocial research, the health professions, culture
and social theory. Parker shows how psychoanalysis rests on a
notion of 'method' that is very different from mainstream
psychology, and unravels the implications of this difference. Early
chapters examine the lines of debate between various
psychoanalytical traditions, and show how critical psychology
challenges the assumptions about human nature and subjectivity made
in conventional psychoanalysis. Later chapters introduce the
methodological device of 'transference' and explore how
psychoanalysis may be utilized as a resource to review key
questions of human culture. Psychology After Psychoanalysis is
essential reading for students and researchers in psychology,
psychosocial studies, sociology, social anthropology and cultural
studies, and to psychoanalysts of different traditions engaged in
academic research.
This book arises out of an important international conference held
in March 2006 to discuss how regulation by the state has affected
psychoanalysis as a clinical discipline in many different parts of
the world. There were participants and papers from Europe and
beyond: from Africa; from both North and South America; from Asia;
and, of course, from the UK, where an important debate is now being
conducted about current government proposals to regulate
practitioners of all the mainstream modalities of psychological
therapies, including psychoanalysis. This conference was the first
international event held by The College of Psychoanalysts, UK, and
hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The
papers given at that conference, with reflections from across the
world, comprise the contents of this book.
In the late 1960s a 'crisis' erupted in social psychology, with
many social psychologists highly critical of the 'old paradigm',
laboratory-experimental approach. Originally published in 1989, The
Crisis in Modern Social Psychology was the first book to provide a
clear account of the complex body of work that is critical of
traditional social psychological approaches. Ian Parker insisted
that the 'crisis' was not over, showing how attempts to improve
social psychology had failed, and explaining why we need instead a
political understanding of social interaction which links research
with change. Modern social psychology reflects the impact of
structuralist and post-structuralist conceptual crises in other
academic disciplines, and Parker describes the work of Foucault and
Derrida sympathetically and lucidly, making these important debates
accessible to the student and discussing their influence. He
assesses the responses from both mainstream social psychology and
from avant-garde textual social psychology to the influx of these
radical ideas, and discusses the promises and pitfalls of a
post-modern view of social action.
Psy-Complex in Question traces a series of key debates in and
against the psy-complex through critical reviews of twenty-five key
texts over the last twenty-five years, with an emphasis on recent
critical psychological, psychoanalytic and critical social theory
contributions to how we think about human agency and subjectivity.
The reviews together set out the unfolding context for the debate,
and situate the texts under discussion in the cross-cutting debates
that define critical psychology today. It also provides an
accessible introduction to how psychoanalysis and social theory,
with a particular focus on the work of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj
Zizek, bears upon work carried out by a new generation of
researchers. Ian Parker's book is written from the perspective of a
critical insider to the discipline of psychology, psychoanalysis
and social theory, and it will serve as a primer for those new to
the ideas searching for compass points and radical arguments, as
well as examples of how to write and how not to write a book
review.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused
overview of a key topic area. Psychology After Discourse Analysis
is the third volume in the series and addresses three central
questions: How did discourse analysis develop inside psychology?
How does discursive psychology address concerns about the
traditional 'laboratory experiment' paradigm in psychology? What is
the future for discourse analysis? The book provides a clear
account of the various forms of discourse analysis that have been
used within psychology, and provides a review of their significance
for a new generation of psychologists. The early chapters present a
framework for understanding the origins of these various forms, as
well as the differences between them. Emphasizing the gap between
discursive psychology and mainstream psychology, Parker then
explores relations between discourse analysis, psychoanalysis,
social constructionism and the postmodern turn in the social
sciences. The final chapters describe the limitations of discourse
analysis and explore its flaws as a framework and as a practice,
questioning its future within academia and in political and social
contexts beyond psychology. Psychology After Discourse Analysis is
essential reading for students and researchers in psychology,
sociology, social anthropology and cultural studies, and for
discourse analysts of different traditions. It will also introduce
key ideas and debates within critical psychology to undergraduates
and postgraduate students across the social sciences.
Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and
discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After
Critique series brings together for the first time his most
important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by
Ian Parker, features a newly written introduction and presents a
focused overview of a key topic area. Psychology After the Crisis
is the first volume in the series and addresses three important
questions: What was the crisis in psychology and why does it
continue now? How did debates regarding the traditional 'laboratory
experiment' paradigm in psychology set the scene for discourse
analysis? Why are these paradigm debates now crucial for
understanding contemporary critical psychology? The first two
chapters of the book describe the way critical psychology emerged
in Britain during the 1970s, and introduce four key theoretical
resources: Marxism, Feminism, Post-Structuralism and
Psychoanalysis. The chapters which follow consider in depth the
critical role of Marxist thinking as an analytic framework within
psychology. Subsequent chapters explore the application and
limitations of critical psychology for crucial topics such as
psychotherapy, counselling and climate change. A final chapter
presents an interview which reviews the main strands within
critical psychology, and provides an accessible introduction to the
series as a whole. Psychology After the Crisis is essential reading
for students and researchers in psychology, sociology, social
anthropology and cultural studies, and for discourse analysts of
different traditions. It will also introduce key ideas and debates
in critical psychology for undergraduates and postgraduate students
across the social sciences.
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