| Shadow of the Other: Intersubjectivity and Gender in Psychoanalysis Contributor(s): Benjamin, Jessica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415912369 ISBN-13: 9780415912365 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: "Shadow of the Other" is a discussion of how the individual has two sorts of relationships with an "other"--other individuals. The first regards the other as a s work apart is her brilliant utilization of a systematic dialectical approach to her subject, always maintaining the delicate balance between opposing tensions: masculinity and femininity, subjectivity and objectivity, passivity and activity, love and aggression, fantasy and reality, modernism and postmodernism, the intrapsychic and the intersubjective. Benjamin s work apart is her brilliant utilization of a systematic dialectical approach to her subject, always maintaining the delicate balance between opposing other as a mental repository fo unwanted characteristics cast from the self. Jessica benjamin shows the implications of this dual relationship for male/female hierarchy and offers a possibility for balancing the two. This book continues the author's well-known explorations of the themes of intersubjectivity and gender, taking up issues at the forefront of contemporary debates in feminist theory and psychoanalysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Social Science | Gender Studies - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 150.195 |
| LCCN: 97014660 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.12" W x 9.3" (0.75 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shadow of the Other is a discussion of how the individual has two sorts of relationships with an other--other beings, other individuals. The first regards the other as an entirely different being from oneself, but one which is still recognizable. The second understands and recognizes this other by its function as a repository of characteristics cast from oneself. In recognizing how this dual relationship is reconciled within the self, and its implications in male/female relations, Jessica Benjamin continues her exploration of intersubjectivity and gender, taking up questions of contemporary debates in feminist theory and psychoanalysis. |