| Social Theory Since Freud: Traversing Social Imaginaries Contributor(s): Elliott, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415271630 ISBN-13: 9780415271639 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism, exploring in detail the social and political factors that have led intellectuals to draw from the insights of Freud. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicize issues like desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott develops a powerful assessment of the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies. Moving from the impact of the Culture Wars and recent Freud-bashing to contemporary debates in social theory, feminism and postmodernism, Elliott argues for a new alliance between social-theoretical and psychoanalytic perspectives. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 150.195 |
| LCCN: 2003027154 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.88" W x 9.34" (0.68 lbs) 196 pages |
