Psychoanalysis and Social Theory

Craib, Ian

ISBN 10: 0745006116 / ISBN 13: 9780745006116

Published by Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 1989

About this Item

Cover is hand laminated and has one magor crease across front, light wear otherwise, minimal library stamps, clear, bright and tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory
• Publisher: Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745006116
• ISBN 13: 9780745006116
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Ex Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychiatry/Psychology

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Synopsis

Craib clearly demonstrates the need for the integration of psychoanalytic and sociological theory. His arguments incorporate traditional Freudian theory, object relations approaches, and recent feminist contributions to psychoanalytic thought. The author also analysis the views of Christopher Badcock and Herbert Marcuse, Talcott Parsons and Erik Erikson, Jürgen Habermas and Christopher Lasch, Jacques Lacan, and D.W. Winnicot, along with feminist approaches to Freud, from the perspective of Juliet Mitchell and Nancy Chodorow.

From the Back Cover

Ever since Sigmund Freud wrote in his 'New Introductory Lecture' that 'sociology cannot be anything more than applied psychology', the relationship between psychoanalysis and social theory has been the subject of much debate. In this book, Ian Craib furthers that discussion by examining past attempts to integrate the two disciplines and proposing a new synthesis.