Reading Freud
Psychoanalysis as Cultural Theory
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Tony Thwaites | ISBN: | 9781446235164 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | July 12, 2007 |
| Imprint: | SAGE Publications Ltd | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tony Thwaites |
| ISBN: | 9781446235164 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication: | July 12, 2007 |
| Imprint: | SAGE Publications Ltd |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
