Psychoanalytic Explorations of the Masculine and the Maternal - Uncovering the Image of Circumcision in Freuds Works

In this book, Yael Pilowsky Bankirer reads into Freud's writings with the unique prism of circumcision as a marker for both the formation of masculine identity, and for matricide, the disappearance of the mother.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: Tracing the Image of Circumcision: A Deep Textual Archaelogy
1.In Her Shadow: Three Case Studies
2.Totem and Taboo: Phantasies of Origin
3.The Jewish Key-fossil
4. In the Footsteps of Freud: Passing Reflections on Motherhood and Circumcision

About the author

Yael Pilowsky Bankirer is a psychoanalyst and poet based in Cambridge, UK. She is a medical doctor and has a PhD in Gender Studies and Psychoanalysis. She is a member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and an editor for Sitegeist - A Journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.

Summary

In this book, Yael Pilowsky Bankirer reads into Freud's writings with the unique prism of circumcision as a marker for both the formation of masculine identity, and for matricide, the disappearance of the mother.

Product details

• Authors: Yael Pilowsky Bankirer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032495439
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249543-9
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Psychotherapy, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Gender studies, gender groups, Psychology of gender, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, Freud;Circumcision;Male;Female;Maternal