Lost Subjects, Contested Objects: Toward a Psychoanalytic Inquiry of Learning by Deborah P. Britzman

by Deborah P. Britzman

A study of love and hate in learning and an argument for why educators might begin with consideration of these psychical dynamics when interpreting the conflictive dreams of education.

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First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Cathlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This work is central to my dissertation so I should probably give it 5 stars, yah? Not pleasure reading by any means, but Britzman absolutely kills it with her analysis of The Diary of Anne Frank and a discussion of "difficult knowledge." I owe so much to this book.