|
Showing 1 - 14 of
14 matches in All Departments
Creating a snapshot of current thinking about psychoanalysis, this
lively collection examines the legacy of Freud and Lacan. Through
provocative and penetrating arguments, the contributors take
psychoanalysis to task for 0ts dark view of human nature,
theoretical sorcery, devaluation of femininity,
self-referentiality, discipleship, negativity, ignorance of history
and more.
The essays also examine the complex relationships between Freudian
and Lacanian theory and philosophy, feminism, anthropology,
communications theory, deconstruction, Foucauldian genealogy and
medical history. The outstanding list of contributors includes Paul
Roazen, Francois Roustang, John Forrester, Rodolphe Gasche, Mikkel
Borch-Jacobsen and Jacques Derrida.
Creating a snapshot of current thinking about psychoanalysis, this
lively collection examines the legacy of Freud and Lacan. Through
provocative and penetrating arguments, the contributors take
psychoanalysis to task for 0ts dark view of human nature,
theoretical sorcery, devaluation of femininity,
self-referentiality, discipleship, negativity, ignorance of history
and more.
The essays also examine the complex relationships between Freudian
and Lacanian theory and philosophy, feminism, anthropology,
communications theory, deconstruction, Foucauldian genealogy and
medical history. The outstanding list of contributors includes Paul
Roazen, Francois Roustang, John Forrester, Rodolphe Gasche, Mikkel
Borch-Jacobsen and Jacques Derrida.
Everyone agrees that Sigmund Freud has had a profound impact on
Western society and intellectual life. But even today few people
know much about his life and work beyond the legends that Freud and
his adherents created, fostered, and repeated. The result is an
enormous cross-disciplinary field characterized by contradiction
and confusion. Only the experts could possibly make sense of it
all-but not always, since no field is as thoroughly undercut by
ideology, acrimony, and bad faith as psychoanalysis. Against Freud
collects the frank musings of some of the world's best critics of
Freud, providing a convincing and coherent "case against Freud"
that is as amusing as it is rigorously presented. Hailing from
diverse academic backgrounds-history, philosophy, literary
criticism, sociology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry-this diverse
group includes renowned international figures such as Edward
Shorter, Frank Sulloway, Frederick Crews, and Mikkel
Borch-Jacobsen, as well as those who knew Freud and his family.
Listen in on the critics and then decide for yourself whether or
not "Freud is dead."
"Tales from the Freudian Crypt" is a fundamental reassessment of
the Freud legend that aims to shake the very foundations of Freud
studies. Writing from the perspective of intellectual history, the
author traces the impact that Freud's essay "Beyond the Pleasure
Principle" has had, and continues to have, on twentieth-century
thought. Designed as both an introduction and a corrective to the
vast literature on Freud, the book explores the trail left by
Freud's late theory of the death drive, paying special attention to
its ramifications in the fields of biography, biology,
psychotherapy, philosophy, and literary theory. The author
ironically concludes that if there were such a thing as a death
drive, it would look like this seemingly endless and in many ways
arbitrary proliferation of the literature on Freud.
After first undertaking to demystify the pretensions of this
literature, from the works of Sandor Ferenczi to those of Jacques
Lacan, the author proposes a theory that sheds new light on the
so-called cultural works of Freud's final years. He argues that the
death drive theory was an elaborate ruse that Freud adopted to
insulate his "findings" against criticism directed from outside the
field of psychoanalysis--that Freud's troubling recourse to
metapsychology was closely tied to his lifelong fear of suggestion.
The author delivers a carefully reasoned, sustained blow to the
culture of psychoanalysis--theoretical, therapeutic,
institutional--which is driven by what it desires and fears most:
death. In sum, "Tales from the Freudian Crypt" is offered as a kind
of bankbook, audit, and investment plan for future work in Freud
studies.
Everyone agrees that Sigmund Freud has had a profound impact on
Western society and intellectual life. But even today few people
know much about his life and work beyond the legends that Freud and
his adherents created, fostered, and repeated. The result is an
enormous cross-disciplinary field characterized by contradiction
and confusion. Only the experts could possibly make sense of it
all-but not always, since no field is as thoroughly undercut by
ideology, acrimony, and bad faith as psychoanalysis. Against Freud
collects the frank musings of some of the world's best critics of
Freud, providing a convincing and coherent "case against Freud"
that is as amusing as it is rigorously presented. Hailing from
diverse academic backgrounds-history, philosophy, literary
criticism, sociology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry-this diverse
group includes renowned international figures such as Edward
Shorter, Frank Sulloway, Frederick Crews, and Mikkel
Borch-Jacobsen, as well as those who knew Freud and his family.
Listen in on the critics and then decide for yourself whether or
not "Freud is dead."
"Tales from the Freudian Crypt" is a fundamental reassessment of
the Freud legend that aims to shake the very foundations of Freud
studies. Writing from the perspective of intellectual history, the
author traces the impact that Freud's essay "Beyond the Pleasure
Principle" has had, and continues to have, on twentieth-century
thought. Designed as both an introduction and a corrective to the
vast literature on Freud, the book explores the trail left by
Freud's late theory of the death drive, paying special attention to
its ramifications in the fields of biography, biology,
psychotherapy, philosophy, and literary theory. The author
ironically concludes that if there were such a thing as a death
drive, it would look like this seemingly endless and in many ways
arbitrary proliferation of the literature on Freud.
After first undertaking to demystify the pretensions of this
literature, from the works of Sandor Ferenczi to those of Jacques
Lacan, the author proposes a theory that sheds new light on the
so-called cultural works of Freud's final years. He argues that the
death drive theory was an elaborate ruse that Freud adopted to
insulate his "findings" against criticism directed from outside the
field of psychoanalysis--that Freud's troubling recourse to
metapsychology was closely tied to his lifelong fear of suggestion.
The author delivers a carefully reasoned, sustained blow to the
culture of psychoanalysis--theoretical, therapeutic,
institutional--which is driven by what it desires and fears most:
death. In sum, "Tales from the Freudian Crypt" is offered as a kind
of bankbook, audit, and investment plan for future work in Freud
studies.
The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds,
bank bailouts... today, the "economy" is on everyone's mind. But
what makes this rather opaque concept work? This collection of
essays seeks out the answer by exploring contemporary capitalism
from a variety of theoretical perspectives and by confronting the
economy as a cultural system, a theory, and a driving force of
every day life in the West. The first part of the book discusses
past and present representation of capitalism (from Hegel and Marx
to Negri and Florida) along with their continuing impact. The
second part focuses on capitalism as a locus of power and
resistance, and maps possible responses to the current situation.
The roles of metaphor and discourse is examined throughout to
rethink the implications of power in the context of globalization
and consumer culture. Each chapter features an abstract, study
questions, as well as further reading suggestions, which, along
with its accessible theoretical coverage, will make the book an
essential study tool for students in social and political thought,
globalization, and social theory.
The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds,
bank bailouts... today, the "economy" is on everyone's mind. But
what makes this rather opaque concept work? This collection of
essays seeks out the answer by exploring contemporary capitalism
from a variety of theoretical perspectives and by confronting the
economy as a cultural system, a theory, and a driving force of
every day life in the West. The first part of the book discusses
past and present representation of capitalism (from Hegel and Marx
to Negri and Florida) along with their continuing impact. The
second part focuses on capitalism as a locus of power and
resistance, and maps possible responses to the current situation.
The roles of metaphor and discourse is examined throughout to
rethink the implications of power in the context of globalization
and consumer culture. Each chapter features an abstract, study
questions, as well as further reading suggestions, which, along
with its accessible theoretical coverage, will make the book an
essential study tool for students in social and political thought,
globalization, and social theory.
"Killing Freud" takes the reader on a journey through the 20th
century, tracing the work and influence of one of its greatest
icons, Sigmund Freud.
A devastating critique, "Killing Freud" ranges across the strange
case of Anna O, the hysteria of Josef Breuer, the love of dogs, the
Freud industry, the role of gossip and fiction, bad manners, pop
psychology and French philosophy, figure skating on thin ice, and
contemporary therapy culture. A map to the Freudian minefield and a
masterful negotiation of high theory and low culture, "Killing
Freud" is a witty and fearless revaluation of psychoanalysis and
its real place in 20th century history. It will appeal to anyone
curious about the life of the mind after the death of Freud.
In Civilization and Its Discontents Freud extends and clarifies his
analysis of religion; analyzes human unhappiness in contemporary
civilization; ratifies the critical importance of the death drive
theory; and contemplates the significance of guilt and conscience
in everyday life. The result is Freud's most expansive work, one
wherein he discusses mysticism, love, interpretation, narcissism,
religion, happiness, technology, beauty, justice, work, the origin
of civilization, phylogenetic development, Christianity, the Devil,
communism, the sense of guilt, remorse, and ethics. A classic,
important, accessible work, Freud reminds us again why we still
read and debate his ideas today. Todd Dufresne's introduction
expands on why, according to the late Freud, psychoanalysis is the
key to understanding individual and collective realities or, better
yet, collective truths. The Appendices include related writings by
Freud, contemporary reviews, and scholarly responses from Marcuse,
Rieff, and Ricoeur.
In The Democracy of Suffering philosopher Todd Dufresne provides a
strikingly original exploration of the past, present, and future of
this epoch, the Anthropocene, demonstrating how the twin crises of
reason and capital have dramatically remade the essential
conditions for life itself. Images, cartoons, artworks, and quotes
pulled from literary and popular culture supplement this engaging
and unorthodox look into where we stand amidst the ravages of
climate change and capitalist economics. With humour, passion, and
erudition, Dufresne diagnoses a frightening new reality and
proposes a way forward, arguing that our serial experiences of
catastrophic climate change herald an intellectual and moral
awakening - one that lays the groundwork, albeit at the last
possible moment, for a future beyond individualism, hate, and
greed. That future is unapologetically collective. It begins with a
shift in human consciousness, with philosophy in its broadest
sense, and extends to a reengagement with our greatest ideals of
economic, social, and political justice for all. But this
collective future, Dufresne argues, is either now or never.
Uncovering how we got into this mess and how, if at all, we get out
of it, The Democracy of Suffering is a flicker of light, or perhaps
a scream, in the face of human extinction and the end of
civilization.
Freud is best remembered for two applied works on society, The
Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Yet the
works of the final period are routinely denigrated as merely
supplemental to the earlier, more fundamental 'discoveries' of the
unconscious and dream interpretation. In fact, the 'cultural Freud'
is sometimes considered an embarrassment to psychoanalysis.
Dufresne argues that the late Freud, as brilliant as ever, was
actually revealing the true meaning of his life's work. And so
while The Future of an Illusion, Civilization and its Discontents,
and his final work Moses and Monotheism may be embarrassing to
some, they validate beliefs that Freud always held - including the
psychobiology that provides the missing link between the individual
psychology of the early period and the psychoanalysis of culture of
the final period. The result is a lively, balanced, and scholarly
defense of the late Freud that doubles as a major reassessment of
psychoanalysis of interest to all readers of Freud.
Beyond the Pleasure Principle is Freud's most philosophical and
speculative work, exploring profound questions of life and death,
pleasure and pain. In it Freud introduces the fundamental concepts
of the "repetition compulsion" and the "death drive," according to
which a perverse, repetitive, self-destructive impulse opposes and
even trumps the creative drive, or Eros. The work is one of Freud's
most intensely debated, and raises important questions that have
been discussed by philosophers and psychoanalysts since its first
publication in 1920. The text is presented here in a contemporary
new translation by Gregory C. Richter. Appendices trace the work's
antecedents and the many responses to it, including texts by Plato,
Friedrich Nietzsche, Melanie Klein, Herbert Marcuse, Jacques
Derrida, and Judith Butler, among many others.
Killing Freud takes the reader on a journey through the 20th
century, tracing the work and influence of one of itsgreatest
icons, Sigmund Freud. A devastating critique, the book ranges
across the strange case of Anna O, the hysteriaof Josef Breuer, the
love of dogs, the Freud industry, the role of gossip and fiction,
bad manners, pop psychology andFrench philosophy, figure skating on
thin ice, and contemporary therapy culture. A map to the Freudian
minefield and amasterful negotiation of high theory and low
culture, Killing Freud is a witty and fearless revaluation of
psychoanalysisand its real place in 20th century history. It will
appeal to anyone curious about the life of the mind after the death
ofFreud."Its erudition offers sure-fire caviar." --The Independent,
U.K."A flamboyant and hilarious satire of one of our most revered
cultural institutions, Killing Freud combines impeccableand truly
original scholarship with great wit." --Ikkel Borch-Jacobsen,
author of The Freudian Subject andRemembering Anna O>
|
You may like...
Ab Wheel
R209
R149
Discovery Miles 1 490
Rio 2
Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, …
Blu-ray disc
(1)
R76
R42
Discovery Miles 420
|