TY  - GEN
T1  - Critique on the couch : why critical theory needs psychoanalysis
T2  - New directions in critical theory.
A1  - Allen, Amy, 1970-
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1158510776
AB  - "Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? In Critique on the Couch, Amy Allen offers a cogent and convincing defense of its ongoing relevance. Countering the overly rationalist and progressivist interpretations of psychoanalysis put forward by contemporary critical theorists such as Jürgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, Allen argues that the work of Melanie Klein offers an underutilized resource. She draws on Freud, Klein, and Lacan to develop a more realistic strand of psychoanalytic thinking that centers on notions of loss, negativity, ambivalence, and mourning. Far from leading to despair, such an understanding of human subjectivity functions as a foundation of creativity, productive self-transformation, and progressive social change. At a time when critical theorists are increasingly returning to psychoanalytic thought to diagnose the dysfunctions of our politics, this book opens up new ways of understanding the political implications of psychoanalysis while preserving the progressive, emancipatory aims of critique"--
OP  - 265
CN  - BF175.4.S65 A45 2021
SN  - 0231552718
SN  - 9780231552714
SN  - 9780231198608
SN  - 9780231198615
KW  - Psychoanalysis : Political aspects.
KW  - Critical theory.
KW  - Psychanalyse : Aspect politique.
KW  - Théorie critique.
KW  - critical theories (dialectical critiques)
KW  - critical theory (sociological concept)
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Political.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory
KW  - Critical theory
KW  - Psychoanalysis : Political aspects
KW  - Melanie Klein.
KW  - critical theory.
KW  - political philosophy.
KW  - psychoanalysis.
KW  - transference.
ER  -