Allen Critique on the Couch

Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-55271-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 73

Reihe: New Directions in Critical Theory

Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? Amy Allen offers a cogent and convincing defense of its ongoing relevance. She draws on Freud, Klein, and Lacan to develop a more realistic strand of psychoanalytic thinking that centers on notions of loss, negativity, ambivalence, and mourning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis (Now More Than Ever)
1. Kleinian Realism: Between the Intrapsychic and the Intersubjective
2. A System of Scars: The Problem of Ego Integration
3. Beyond Developmentalism: Psychoanalysis and the Critique of Progress
4. The Cure Is That There Is No Cure: Psychoanalysis and the Idea of Progress
5. Transference: Psychoanalysis and the Methodology of Critique
Conclusion: From Theory to Praxis
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and head of the Philosophy Department at the Pennsylvania State University. Her previous books include Critical Theory Between Klein and Lacan: A Dialogue (2019, with Mari Ruti) and The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (Columbia, 2016).