Description
Book Synopsisaeo Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freuda s theories to contemporary culture. aeo A lucid application of Freudian concepts to current theoretical issues in the social sciences and the humanities. aeo Includes contributions from highly distinguished scholars in the social sciences and the humanities.
Trade Review"A number of stimulating contributions."
British Medical JournalTable of ContentsEditor's Note.
Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: Anthony Elliott.
1. Psychoanalysis, Science and 'Truth': Stephen Frosh.
2. Just, Lasting, Comprehensive: Jacqueline Rose.
3. Freud and Violence: C. Fred Alford.
4. Freud, Feminism and Postmodernism: Anthony Elliott.
5. The Primal Leap of Psychoanalysis, from Body to Speech: Freud, Feminism and the Vicissitudes of the Transference: Jessica Benjamin.
6. Reading Freud's Life: Madelon Sprengnether.
7. Freud and the Dynamics of Modernity: Harvie Ferguson.
8. Freud, Dreams and Imaginative Geographies: Steve Pile.
9. The Humanist Freud: Joanne Brown and Barry Richards.
10. The Future of Freud in Law: David S. Caudill.
Index.
