Freud and Culture - Couverture souple

Smadja, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782202080 ISBN 13 : 9781782202080

Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

In this book Eric Smadja explores the representations of society and culture that Freud developed in the course of his work. Distinct from contemporary sociological and anthropological conceptions, they led to his construction of a personal socio-anthropology that was virulently criticised by the social sciences. But what exactly is meant here by 'culture' and 'society'? Do we mean Freud's own Viennese society or Western, 'civilised' society in general? In addition, Freud was interested in historical and 'primitive' societies from the evolutionist perspective of the British anthropologists of his time. This book considers the interrelationship between these different societies and cultures, and raises many questions. What constitutes a culture? What are its essential traits, its functions, its relationships with society, with nature, and with other aspects of 'reality' or of the 'external world'? How did Freud construct the idea of culture? What roles does culture play in the development of the individual, in the construction and functioning of his or her psyche?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Eric Smadja is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, a member of the Société psychanalytique de Paris and of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), a couples psychoanalyst and also an anthropologist, and associate member of the American Anthropological Association. In 2007 he was awarded the IPA's Prize for "Exceptional Contribution made to Psychoanalytical Research." He is the author of various books, including Laughter (2011); The Oedipus Complex (2009); The Human Couple: A Multidimensional History (2011); and Couples in Psychoanalysis ( 2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782202080
• ISBN 13: 9781782202080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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