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Where Id Was: Challenging Normalization in Psychoanalysis
There have been many "returns to Freud," many attempts to recover the first psychoanalyst's radical challenge to the dominant culture of the day. At no time has it been more important than now -- when the values of "normalization" pervade not only society but increasingly the consulting room itself -- to break through the atrophies of Freudian theory to recapture its early spirit. Many psychoanalysts are doing just that, in an attempt to focus attention on the inherently political dimensions of psychoanalytic culture.
Where Id Was brings together some of today's best known psychoanalytic thinkers to present an authoritative analysis of the individual and social concerns which inform the politics of contemporary psychoanalysis.
Simona Argentieri, David Black, Christopher Bollas, Vincent Crapanzano, Michael Eigen, Patricia Gherovici, Michael Guy Thompson, James Hillman, Robert Jay Lifton, Suzanne Kirschner, Dorinne Kondo, David Marriott, Juliet Mitchell, Anthony Molino, Noreen O'Connor, Chris Oakley, Haya Oakley, Adam Phillips, Jeffrey Rubin, Paul Williams, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Luigi Zoja.
Where Id Was brings together some of today's best known psychoanalytic thinkers to present an authoritative analysis of the individual and social concerns which inform the politics of contemporary psychoanalysis.
Simona Argentieri, David Black, Christopher Bollas, Vincent Crapanzano, Michael Eigen, Patricia Gherovici, Michael Guy Thompson, James Hillman, Robert Jay Lifton, Suzanne Kirschner, Dorinne Kondo, David Marriott, Juliet Mitchell, Anthony Molino, Noreen O'Connor, Chris Oakley, Haya Oakley, Adam Phillips, Jeffrey Rubin, Paul Williams, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Luigi Zoja.
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First published January 1, 2001
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September 2, 2013
A nice collection of essays and interviews on psychoanalysis and the challenges it faced in the beginning of our century (and maybe still does). Mainly about the issue of normalization and how it affects psychoanalysis.
There is a wide variety of topics that help one to see it in a bigger picture and have a better understanding. Most of the essays were very easy to read. Only a few left me a bit confused which was probably mainly because they were directed at people who are specialists or know more. still a good read for the ones who are simply interested in psychoanalysis.
*NOTE: I would like to make it clear that I use the goodreads suggested rating in which 3 stars don't mean mediocre. It means that I liked it. I didn't "REALLY like it", but it was more than "ok"
There is a wide variety of topics that help one to see it in a bigger picture and have a better understanding. Most of the essays were very easy to read. Only a few left me a bit confused which was probably mainly because they were directed at people who are specialists or know more. still a good read for the ones who are simply interested in psychoanalysis.
*NOTE: I would like to make it clear that I use the goodreads suggested rating in which 3 stars don't mean mediocre. It means that I liked it. I didn't "REALLY like it", but it was more than "ok"
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