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Book SynopsisCombining approaches from literary studies and historical sociology, this book provides a groundbreaking cultural history of the strategies Freud employed in his writings and career to orchestrate public recognition of psychoanalysis and to shape its institutional identity.
Trade Review"Winter's book is learned, original, forcefully written, and powerfully argued." -- J. Hillis Miller * University of California, Irvine *
"[Winter's] task (well done!) is to study how we explain ourselves—specifically, the causes and consequences of Freud's way. . . . Winter gives clarity its due, integrating her materials and arguments carefully, crossing discipinary lines adroitly, and helping the readers with summaries
pro re nata. . . . This book is a fine example of interdisciplinary scholarship." --
Bulletin of the History of Medicine"In
Freud and the Institution of Psychoanalytic Knowledge: Cultural Memory in the Present, Sarah Winter blends literary studies and historical sociology to provide a ground breaking cultural history of the strategies Sigmund Freud employed in his writings and career. . . . [It] is highly recommended, thought-provoking reading for students of psychology, psychoanalysis, and the history of medicine." --
Wisconsin Bookwatch"
Freud and the Institution of Psychoanalytic Knowledge is an exceedingly thoughtful and balanced book. Its depth and breadth are remarkable; the footnotes and bibliography alone make the book a scholarly treasure trove." --
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic AssociationTable of ContentsList of abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I. Recognizing Psychoanalysis: The Institutional Uses of Greek Tragedy: 1. Schoolboy psychology 2. Psychoanalysis as 'Necessity' 3. Lacanian psychoanalysis at Colonus Part II. The Psychoanalytic Domain: 4. Professionalization and Freud's cultural theory 5. Applied psychoanalysis Afterword Notes Bibliography Index.
