Emotional Rescue - The Theory and Practice of a Feminist Father

Weaving personal narrative with a synthesis of feminist mothering theory and psychoanalytic theories of narcissism, Isaac D. Balbus describes his effort to share in the care of his daughter during her first four years.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Birth 2 Discovery 3 The Institute Lecture 4 Grandiosity 4 Separation Anxiety 6 Shayla 7 Wife-Mother 8 The Article 9 Tripping 10 The Crash 11 Separation-Individuation 12 Development 13 Back to the Beginning 14 Postmodernist Problems 15 Conclusion

About the author

Isaac D. Balbus teaches social and political theory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Marxism and Domination (1982) and The Dialectics of LegalRepression (1973), co winner of the 1974 C. Wright Mills Prize.

Summary

This text examines feminist mothering theory and psychoanalytic theories of narcissism. The author describes his effort to share in the care of his daughter during her first four years. The connections between his child-rearing practice and the development of his child-rearing theory are explored.

Product details

• Authors: Isaac D Balbus, Isaac D. Balbus
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780415919180
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91918-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 466 g
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works