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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Isaac D Balbus, Isaac D. Balbus, Balbus Isaac D.
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780415919180
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91918-0
• Pagine: 320
• Peso: 590 g
• Serie: Thinking Gender
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Sociology: family & relationships, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Gender studies, gender groups, Age groups: children, Sociology: family and relationships, Age groups: adolescents, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis