Anthony Elliott

Social Theory Since Freud

Traversing Social Imaginaries

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Produktbeschreibung

In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies. Moving from the impact of the Culture Wars and recent Freud-bashing to contemporary debates in social theory, feminism and postmodernism, Elliott argues for a new alliance between sociological and psychoanalytic perspectives.

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This compelling book traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism, exploring in detail the social and political factors that have led intellectuals to draw from the insights of Freud.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 149mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780415271639
• ISBN-10: 0415271630
• Artikelnr.: 21080534

Autorenporträt

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of the West of England, where he is Director of the Centre for Critical Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Social Theory and Psychoanalysis: The Story So Far 2. Self and Society:
Freud and Castoriadis on Imagination 3. Desire in Language: Kristeva and
Laplanche on Repression 4. The Social Imaginary and Social Research 5. In
Defence of Imagination: Concluding Remarks