Straight Male Modern - A Cultural Critique of Psychoanalysis

Informationen zum Autor John Brenkman Zusammenfassung In this title, originally published in 1993, the author reassesses the benchmark concepts of Freudian thought, building on feminist criticisms of psychoanalysis and the new history of sexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Introduction. Theorizing Males 1. Freud 2. Ricoeur 3. Lacan The Freudian Structure of Feeling 4. Rat Man 5. Hidden Faults 6. Family, Community, Polis 7. Family Histories Oedipus: Individual Myth and Cultural Pathology 8. Like Father, Like Son 9. "Mother/Whore" 10. The Name-of-the-Father 11. Mothering and the Promises of Autonomy Conclusion 12. Why a Cultural Critique of Psychoanalysis. Notes. Index

Product details

• Authors: John Brenkman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138946996
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94699-6
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Psychoanalysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychology of gender, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis