Psychoanalytic Theory An Introduction

by Elliott, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9781137300836
• ISBN10: 1137300833
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-05-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Influential, exciting and often controversial, psychoanalytic theory has had a major impact in the humanities and social sciences.

In a new edition of this classic book, Anthony Elliott masterfully introduces the reader to psychoanalytic theory. He provides lucid interpretations of key theorists, as well as exploring their impact on society, culture and politics.

Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction

• discusses leading psychoanalytic theorists - from Freud to Lacan, Klein to Kristeva, Žižek to Laplanche;
• examines the political and cultural dimensions of psychoanalytic studies, from feminism to postmodernism;
• contains new material on Lacanian and post-Lacanian theory, the post-Kleinian psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion, psychoanalytic feminism and deconstructive psychoanalysis.

Written by one of the world's leading social theorists, this engaging and influential text is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about psychoanalytic theory and its cultural importance in our lives.

Author Biography

Anthony Elliott is Director of the Hawke Research Institute and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia. He is also Visiting Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UK, Visiting Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland and Visiting Fellow at the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Anthony Elliott is a prominent social theorist and sociologist and the author and editor of numerous books. His work has received international acclaim and has been translated into a dozen languages.

Table of Contents

1. The Making of the Self - Divergences in Psychoanalytic Theory
2. Modern Culture and Its Repressed - From Freud to Lasch
3. Object Relations, Kleinian Theory, Self-Psychology - From Erikson to Kohut
4. Poststructuralist Anxiety: Subjects of Desire - From Lacan to Derrida
5. Psychoanalytic Feminism - From Chodorow to Butler
6. The Dislocating World of Postmodernism - Identity in Troubled Times
Conclusion: Psychoanalysis as Critical Theory