A Brief Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory
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Author: Stephen Frosh
Publisher: Red Globe Press
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ISBN 10: 0230369308
ISBN 13: 978-0230369306
How is psychoanalytic theory relevant in the modern age? How does it inform and interact with culture? From Freud to Lacan, this insightful text clearly explores key psychoanalytic writers, core ideas, and their development. A vibrant text mapping the relevance of psychoanalysis across social sciences, humanities and the arts.
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"Extremely accessible and stunningly erudite. Frosh has an uncanny capacity to pick out the most important contributions in the history of psychoanalysis." - Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, UK
'An extraordinary book that more than lives up to its billing. It is set to become the standard textbook for the wide-ranging courses in psychoanalytic theory that are now taught throughout the Anglophone world." - Sander Gilman, Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University, US
"So much has been written about psychoanalysis, it is difficult to produce something new, fresh and engaging - but Stephen Frosh has done just that." - Judith Fewell, Honorary Fellow, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Edinburgh University, UK
From the Back Cover
Psychoanalytic theory remains hugely influential to our understanding of the mind and human behaviour. It provides a rich source of ideas for therapeutic practice, while offering dramatic insights for the study of culture and society. This comprehensive review of the field:
- Explores the birth of psychoanalysis, taking the reader step by step through Freud's original ideas and how they developed and evolved.
- Provides a clear account of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts.
- Discusses the different schools of psychoanalysis that have emerged since Freud.
- Illustrates the wider applications of psychoanalytic ideas across film, literature and politics.
Written by a highly respected authority on psychoanalysis, this book is essential reading for trainees in counselling and psychotherapy, as well as for students across the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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