Psychoanalysis and the University - Resistance and Renewal From Freud to the Present

This book charts the past and present vicissitudes of psychoanalysis's relation to education and emphasizes on the necessity of its increased presence in university settings.

List of contents

1. Psychoanalysis and Education: A Brief History 2: Psychoanalysis and the Curriculum 3: Psychoanalysis Among the Disciplines 4. Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy 5. Psychoanalysis, the University, and the Professions

About the author

Max Cavitch is Associate Professor of English and Co-director of Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also edits the APsA-award-winning blog, Psyche on Campus. His books include American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman and the forthcoming Ashes: A History of Thought and Substance.

Summary

This book charts the past and present vicissitudes of psychoanalysis’s relation to education and emphasizes on the necessity of its increased presence in university settings.

Product details

• Authors: Max Cavitch, Cavitch Max
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032889696
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288969-6
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Psychotherapy, Educational psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher education, tertiary education, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis