On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud

Nathan Kravis

24 évaluations par Goodreads

Langue : anglais

Edité par The MIT Press, 2017

0262036614 / 9780262036610

Image de l’article 1 de 2

Vendeur : The Anthropologists Closet, West Des Moines, IA, Etats-UnisThe Anthropologists Closet

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 14 juin 2022

Livre relié

Etat: Neuf

EUR 22,91

EUR 4,90 expédition 
Expédition nationale : Etats-Unis

Quantité disponible : 1 disponible

Ajouter au panier
Retours gratuits sous 30 jours

A propos de cet article

New tightly bound hardcover in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (7.06 x 0.94 x 9.19 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes notes, bibliography and an index. 224 pp Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. How the couch became an icon of self-knowledge and self-reflection as well as a site for pleasure, transgression, and healing.The peculiar arrangement of the psychoanalyst's office for an analytic session seems inexplicable. The analyst sits in a chair out of sight while the patient lies on a couch facing away. It has been this way since Freud, although, as Nathan Kravis points out in On the Couch, this practice is grounded more in the cultural history of reclining posture than in empirical research. Kravis, himself a practicing psychoanalyst, shows that the tradition of recumbent speech wasn't dreamed up by Freud but can be traced back to ancient Greece, where guests reclined on couches at the symposion (a gathering for upper-class males to discuss philosophy and drink wine), and to the Roman convivium (a banquet at which men and women reclined together). From bed to bench to settee to chaise-longue to sofa: Kravis tells how the couch became an icon of self-knowledge and self-reflection as well as a site for pleasure, privacy, transgression, and healing. Kravis draws on sources that range from ancient funerary monuments to furniture history to early photography, as well as histories of medicine, fashion, and interior decoration, and he deploys an astonishing array of images--of paintings, monuments, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, New Yorker cartoons, and advertisements. Kravis deftly shows that, despite the ambivalence of today's psychoanalysts--some of whom regard it as "infantilizing"--the couch continues to be the emblem of a narrative of self-discovery. Recumbent speech represents the affirmation in the presence of another of having a mind of one's own. .…

N° de réf. du vendeur 1702

Titre
On the Couch: A Repressed History of the Analytic Couch from Plato to Freud
Auteur
Nathan Kravis
Éditeur
The MIT Press
Année de publication
2017
État de l'article
New
Jaquette
Jaquette
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0262036614
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780262036610

The Anthropologists Closet

West Des Moines, IA, Etats-Unis

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 14 juin 2022

Frais d'expédition à l'intérieur de ce pays : Etats-Unis

Article5 à 14 jours ouvrés3 à 6 jours ouvrés
Premier articleEUR 4,90EUR 9,36
Les délais de livraison sont fixés par les vendeurs et varient en fonction du transporteur et du lieu. Les commandes transitant par les douanes peuvent être retardées et les acheteurs sont responsables de tous les droits ou frais associés. Les vendeurs peuvent vous contacter au sujet de frais supplémentaires afin de couvrir toute augmentation des coûts d'expédition de vos articles.

Modes de paiement

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Paypal

Description de la boutique

The Anthropologists Closet is a small mother-daughter-owned online bookstore. We offer a wide range of academic non-fiction books, a large collection of art catalogs, signed books, and an extensive history and military collection. We uphold high ethical standards and are dedicated to ensuring that our listings are accurate and that our customers are satisfied. Our books are packaged with care in a secure book box mailer with tracking. We offer full refunds and free return shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!…

Spécialité

Rare and out of print, Witchcraft, Non-fiction, Science, Teaching Materials, Cultural studies, World History

Profil professionnel du vendeur

The Anthropologists Closet

IA, Etats-Unis