Psychoanalysisone of the most important intellectual developments of the twentieth century- is perhaps as much a cultural experience as a clinical one. This groundbreaking book is the first to examine the history and impact of Freudian ideas in Australia. Joy Damousi shows that ways of understanding our emotional and interior lives have a notable and complex history that challenges Australian stereotypes of shallow hedonism and emotional barrenness. By linking psychoanalysis with modernity, the book is, in effect, an alternative history of twentieth century Australia.
- ISBN10 0868408883
- ISBN13 9780868408880
- Publish Date 1 March 2005 (first published 1 August 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 March 2011
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint UNSW Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 324
- Language English