Social theory since Freud traversing social imaginaries
In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798239206719 |
| Summary: | In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-178) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134486670 9781134486687 9781280175039 9780203496060 |
