Description: Critique on the Couch : Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis, Paperback by Allen, Amy, ISBN 0231198612, ISBN-13 9780231198615, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? In Critique on the Couch, Amy Allen offers a cogent and convincing defense of its ongoing relevance. Countering the overly rationalist and progressivist interpretations of psychoanalysis put forward by contemporary critical theorists such as Jèurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, Allen argues that the work of Melanie Klein offers an underutilized resource. 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. Far from leading to despair, such an understanding of human subjectivity functions as a foundation of creativity, productive self-transformation, and progressive social change. At a time when critical theorists are increasingly returning to psychoanalytic thought to diagnose the dysfunctions of our politics, this book opens up new ways of understanding the political implications of psychoanalysis while preserving the progressive, emancipatory aims of critique"--
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Book Title: Critique on the Couch : Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Critique on the Couch : Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Movements / Psychoanalysis, General, Political, Movements / Critical Theory
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Amy Allen
Subject Area: Philosophy, Psychology
Item Length: 9.1 in
Series: New Directions in Critical Theory Ser.
Item Width: 7.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
