Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 406 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Lines of the symbolic series |
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Lines of the symbolic in psychoanalysis series
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Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on References; Introduction; Chapter One: The doubt of Ulysses; Chapter Two: The return of Empedocles; Chapter Three: The act of Antigone; Chapter Four: Rhetoric of space, rhetoric of time: paradox and interpretation; Chapter Five: Taking care of oneself; Chapter Six: Montaigne, the most sceptical of the hysterics; Chapter Seven: The meditation of Descartes; Chapter Eight: The structure of psychoanalytic treatment; Chapter Nine: Kant and the pathological; Chapter Ten: The rebirth of the clinic as structure and as experience |
Summary |
This book provides a detailed examination of the historical roots of psychoanalysis from ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century, focusing on social practices that were related to the founders of psychoanalytic theory and maintained within contemporary treatment. Alongside the reconstruction of an evolutionary accumulation of healing practices, the book includes linked discussions of current issues pertaining to psychoanalytic treatment and its working structure as elaborated by Freud and Lacan. There are vital political consequences for psychoanalytic practice - here articulated with an |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Psychoanalysis -- History
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Psychiatry -- History
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Psychiatric clinics -- History
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Psychoanalysis -- history
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Community Mental Health Centers -- history
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
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Psychiatric clinics
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Psychiatry
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Psychoanalysis
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781849407366 |
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1849407363 |
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