DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Outside the Dream (RLE: Lacan)

Lacan and French Styles of Psychoanalysis

Martin Stanton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:21st Jan '16

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Outside the Dream (RLE: Lacan) cover

Originally published in 1983, Martin Stanton has written an intriguing and original guide to French styles of psychoanalysis. He describes the development of psychoanalytic technique and shows how it has transformed the contemporary French literary and philosophical thought and writing, as well as making inroads in the English-speaking cultural world. He argues that psychoanalysis has outgrown the individual setting and needs to evolve new methods of group work – in this respect, he believes, it has a special role to play in educational institutions.

The book examines the grounds on which analysis has evolved subversive and deconstructive strategies and created radical alternatives. It relates the ‘Lacan effect’ on the psychoanalytic movement to long-standing debates on patriarchy and authoritarianism, and considers, in a clinical section, variant diagnoses of paranoia and schizophrenia. It also discusses the future direction of psychoanalysis in the light of contemporary French research.

ISBN: 9781138977853

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

144 pages