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Freudian Repression: Conversation Creating the Unconscious - Softcover

Billig, Michael

 
9780521659567: Freudian Repression: Conversation Creating the Unconscious

Synopsis

This book presents a reinterpretation of Freud to show how language can be expressive and repressive.

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Paperback. Pub Date: November 1999 Pages: 404 Publisher: Camidge. University Press In Freudian Repression Michael that bad but very very basic presents an in Original reformulation of Freud's CONCEPT of repression also was found in the CTX and MGE with. Showing That his theory of the unconscious he Fails Count 1 to examine the how PEOPLE Actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology. Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's classic case histories such as' Dora'and the 'Rat Man' and the great psychologist's own life to show the importance of small words in speech. By focusing on previously overlooked exchanges. even Freud himself can be seen to be repressing. Freudian Repression also offers new insights on ...

Review

'This insightful book is well worth reading.' The Psychologist

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