Parker systematically reviews the key psychoanalytic theories to reveal social processes and their significance to modern life: Freud and object relations theory is directed towards group processes, religion and war; the Frankfurt School is used to examine modern individuality, authoritarianism and changes in culture; and the Lacanian tradition to account for language, representation and self-improvement. The theoretical analysis incorporates throughout the volume the work of key figures ranging from Adorno, Habermas and Fromm to Klein, Kristeva, Winnicott and Zizek.
| ISBN: | 9780761956433 |
| Publication date: | 21st August 1997 |
| Author: | Ian Patrick |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology |