Critique on the couch : why critical theory needs psychoanalysis /
"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 Jür...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
[2021]
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| Serie: | New directions in critical theory.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/alle19860 |
Sommario:
- Introduction: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis (Now More Than Ever)
- 1. Kleinian Realism: Between the Intrapsychic and the Intersubjective
- 2. A System of Scars: The Problem of Ego Integration
- 3. Beyond Developmentalism: Psychoanalysis and the Critique of Progress
- 4. The Cure Is That There Is No Cure: Psychoanalysis and the Idea of Progress
- 5. Transference: Psychoanalysis and the Methodology of Critique
- Conclusion: From Theory to Praxis
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.