Psychoanalysis And The Humanities: 6 (Current Issues in Psychoanalytic Practice) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0876307438 ISBN 13: 9780876307434

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

First published in 1996. Written by distinguished artists and scholars with psychoanalytic training, this seminal collection of essays spans the humanities-painting, sculpture, literature, history, anthropology, and philosophy-illustrating how psychoanalytic thinking can power­fully enhance these disciplines. The essayists address a question first posed by Freud in his 1919 article, Should Psychoanalysis Be Taught at the University? With a resounding Yes, they underline the intellectual enrichment to be gained from the application of the psychoanalytic method to humanistic disciplines and, conversely, the need for contemporary psy­choanalysts to acquire the kind of historical and classical education taken for granted by their counterparts earlier in this century.

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About the Author

LAURIE ADAMS, PH.D. is Professor of Art History at John Jay College, City University of New York, and the Graduate Center, as well as a senior member of the New York Society for Psychoanalytic Training. Dr. Adams is the editor of several books and journals., JACQUES SZALUTA, PH.D. is Professor of History at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He is the author of La Psychohistoire> in the Que sais-je Series published in France, and also has written numerous articles.

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Written by distinguished artists and scholars with psychoanalytic training, this seminal collection of essays spans the humanities - painting, sculpture, literature, history, anthropology, and philosophy - illustrating how psychoanalytic thinking can powerfully enhance these disciplines. The essayists address a question first posed by Freud in his 1919 article, "Should Psychoanalysis Be Taught at the University?" With a resounding "Yes", they underline the intellectual enrichment to be gained from the application of the psychoanalytic method to humanistic disciplines and, conversely, the need for contemporary psychoanalysts to acquire the kind of historical and classical education taken for granted by their counterparts earlier in this century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876307438
• ISBN 13: 9780876307434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Adams Laurie, Szaluta Jacques