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The Weary Sons of Freud (Radical Thinkers)
Catherine Clement
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Description for The Weary Sons of Freud (Radical Thinkers)
Paperback. A Communist, feminist, and analysand asks what the social function of psychoanalysis should be and condemns what it has become Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
The Weary Sons of Freud lambasts mainstream psychoanalysis for its failure to grapple with pressing political and social matters pertinent to its patients' condition. Gifted with insight and compelled by fury, Catherine Clément contrasts the original, inspirational psychoanalytical work of Freud and Lacan to the obsessive imitations of their uninspired followers-the weary sons of Freud.
The analyst's once attentive ear has become deaf to the broader questions of therapeutic practice. Clement asks whether the perspective of socialism, brought to this study by a woman who is herself an analysand, can fill ... Read more
The Weary Sons of Freud lambasts mainstream psychoanalysis for its failure to grapple with pressing political and social matters pertinent to its patients' condition. Gifted with insight and compelled by fury, Catherine Clément contrasts the original, inspirational psychoanalytical work of Freud and Lacan to the obsessive imitations of their uninspired followers-the weary sons of Freud.
The analyst's once attentive ear has become deaf to the broader questions of therapeutic practice. Clement asks whether the perspective of socialism, brought to this study by a woman who is herself an analysand, can fill ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781688854
SKU
V9781781688854
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About Catherine Clement
Catherine Clément is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic. After studying at the École normale supérieure under Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, she became a leading member of the school of French feminism and écriture féminine. She is a widely read novelist and has collaborated with thinkers such as Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva. ... Read more
Reviews for The Weary Sons of Freud (Radical Thinkers)
A work of ferocious humour and loving spite. What, she asks herself (and us) loud and direct, are psychoanalysts for?
La Nouvel Observateur
Brilliantly written ... to be read in one sitting.
Le Monde
La Nouvel Observateur
Brilliantly written ... to be read in one sitting.
Le Monde