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Informationen zum Autor Stephen Frosh is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Academic Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society, a Founding Member of the Association of Psychosocial Studies, and an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis. He is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of over 20 books on psychosocial studies and psychoanalysis, including A Brief Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychoanalysis Outside the Clinic; The Politics of Psychoanalysis ; Hate and the Jewish Science: Anti-Semitism, Nazism and Psychoanalysis ; Hauntings ; Those Who Come After: Postmemory, Acknowledgement and Forgiveness and most recently, Antisemitism and Racism: Ethical Challenges for Psychoanalysis , published by Bloomsbury in 2023. He is co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies and the Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies . His most recent book is How to be Real: A Survival Guide in Challenging Times . Klappentext Psychoanalytic theory remains hugely influential to our understanding of the mind and human behaviour. It provides a rich source of ideas for therapeutic practice, while offering dramatic insights for the study of culture and society. This comprehensive review of the field: Explores the birth of psychoanalysis, taking the reader step by step through Freud's original ideas and how they developed and evolved. Provides a clear account of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. Discusses the different schools of psychoanalysis that have emerged since Freud. Illustrates the wider applications of psychoanalytic ideas across film, literature and politics. Written by a highly respected authority on psychoanalysis, this book is essential reading for trainees in counselling and psychotherapy, as well as for students across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Zusammenfassung How is psychoanalytic theory relevant in the modern age? How does it inform and interact with culture? From Freud to Lacan, this insightful text clearly explores key psychoanalytic writers, core ideas, and their development. A vibrant text mapping the relevance of psychoanalysis across social sciences, humanities and the arts. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: FREUDIAN THEORY The Appeal of Psychoanalysis A Family History of Psychoanalysis What Freud was Trying to Do The Freudian Unconscious Sex, Aggression, Life and death Repression and Other Defences The Structure of the Mind: Id, Ego, Superego Oedipus, Masculinity, Femininity Psychopathology: What Makes Us Sad (and Mad) PART II: DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY Psychoanalysts After Freud Attachment and Mentalisation The Principles of Object Relations Theory Mourning, Melancholia, Depression and Loss The Paranoid-Schizoid Position and Other Extremes Projection and Projective Identification Lacanian Psychoanalysis Interpretation and Transference Psychotherapeutic Relationships PART III: WIDER APPLICATIONS Psychoanalysis, Film and Literature Politics and Society Conclusion Recommended Reading...
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PART I: FREUDIAN THEORY
The Appeal of Psychoanalysis
A Family History of Psychoanalysis
What Freud was Trying to Do
The Freudian Unconscious
Sex, Aggression, Life and death
Repression and Other Defences
The Structure of the Mind: Id, Ego, Superego
Oedipus, Masculinity, Femininity
Psychopathology: What Makes Us Sad (and Mad)
PART II: DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Psychoanalysts After Freud
Attachment and Mentalisation
The Principles of Object Relations Theory
Mourning, Melancholia, Depression and Loss
The Paranoid-Schizoid Position and Other Extremes
Projection and Projective Identification
Lacanian Psychoanalysis
Interpretation and Transference
Psychotherapeutic Relationships
PART III: WIDER APPLICATIONS
Psychoanalysis, Film and Literature
Politics and Society
Conclusion
Recommended Reading
A propos de l'auteur
Stephen Frosh
