Reading Freud
Psychoanalysis as Cultural Theory
Format:Hardback
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Published:12th Jul '07
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- Paperback£44.99(9780761952374)
Cultural theory has found a renewed interest in psychoanalysis, bringing many new readers to Freud and his work. This book is an introductory guide to Freud and brings together for the first time:
- an overview of Freud′s work which enables the reader to see quickly where, and in which texts, Freud develops his main ideas
- a guide to reading Freud, and to what can be done with the complexities of his texts
- an examination of what recent cultural theory draws from Freud, and of why psychoanalysis is of interest for it
- a discussion about the Freud revealed by recent cultural theory
- an extensive selection of extracts from Freud′s texts, with commentary.
This book is the definitive guide to the content of Freud′s texts: what′s there and where to find it. It will have wide appeal to students new to Freud in cultural studies, literary theory, philosophy and sociology.
ISBN: 9780761952367
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 410g
184 pages