Psychoanalytic and Phenomenological Reflections on Masculinity

In this highly original volume, Gunnar Karlsson offers new answers to the question concerning the relationship between belonging to a specific sex as a male and striving for a masculine identity.

List of contents

Introduction  1 The troublesome conceptual apparatus  2 Psychoanalytic theories about masculinity  3 Three forms of masculinity with a focus on phallic masculinity  4 The man's three challenges  5 Ego-identity and the possibility of emancipation  6 The character of care and what phallic masculinity neglects  7 Death as a most reliable counselor

About the author

Gunnar Karlsson is a professor in the department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. He is a psychoanalyst and a psychotherapist, and has published widely on psychoanalysis and phenomenology.

Summary

In this highly original volume, Gunnar Karlsson offers new answers to the question concerning the relationship between belonging to a specific sex as a male and striving for a masculine identity.

Product details

• Authors: Gunnar Karlsson, Gunnar (Stockholm University Karlsson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032403717
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240371-7
• No. of pages: 158
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology