In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Françoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism.
| ISBN: | 9781526159625 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2022 |
| Author: | Richard Bates |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Modern French and Francophone History |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology History of medicine |
In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Françoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism.
Psychoanalysis and the Family in Twentieth-Century France features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, History of medicine
Psychoanalysis and the Family in Twentieth-Century France is available in Hardback
Psychoanalysis and the Family in Twentieth-Century France was written by Richard Bates and published by Manchester University Press
Psychoanalysis and the Family in Twentieth-Century France has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Modern French and Francophone History series
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