9781438467887: Inheritance in Psychoanalysis

Synopsis

Anthology of recent, cutting-edge work in psychoanalysis and philosophy on the concept of inheritance.

In contrast to the way inheritance is understood in scientific discourse and culture more broadly, inheritance in psychoanalysis is a paradox. Although it's impossible, strictly speaking, for the unconscious to be inherited, this volume demonstrates how the concept of inheritance can occasion a rich reassessment and reinvention of psychoanalytic theory and practice. The collection enacts a critical traversal of inheritance for psychoanalysis: from the most basic assumptions of natural or biological inheritance, such as innateness, heredity, evolution, and ontogenesis, to analysis of the ways cultural traditions can be challenged and transformed, and finally to the reinvention of psychoanalytic practice, in which the ethics of inheritance is fully realized as the individual's responsibility to transform the social bond. Featuring strong interdisciplinary analysis rooted in both psychoanalysis and philosophy, this volume further engages science, politics, and cultural studies, and addresses contemporary political challenges such as autism and transgenderism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joel Goldbach is a recent graduate of the PhD program in English at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. James A. Godley is a recent graduate of the PhD program in English at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

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9781438467870: Inheritance in Psychoanalysis

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ISBN 10 :  1438467877 ISBN 13 :  9781438467870
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2018
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