Psychoanalysis has had a profound influence on 20th-century thought in a wide variety of areas, from psychology and psychiatry to sociology, literature, feminism and politics. Most importantly, it offers insights into the relationship between individual subjectivity and social relations, making it a key discipline for understanding the links between social phenomena and personal experience. First published in 1987, this text offers an introduction to psychoanalytic theory from the point of view of its relevance for social relations. For this second edition, the book has been thoroughly revised, with updated accounts of the theories covered in the first edition, plus new material on contemporary feminist psychoanalytic work and on the engagement of psychoanalysis with postmodernism. The result is a book that combines an introduction to theory with an examination of the value of psychoanalysis for therapeutic and social practice.
- ISBN10 0333763432
- ISBN13 9780333763438
- Publish Date 21 July 1999 (first published 1 June 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 June 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English