The Freud Files: An Inquiry into the History of Psychoanalysis by Mikkel Borch-J

Description: The Freud Files by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Sonu Shamdasani How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? This book reconstructs the early controversies surrounding psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, the Freudians rescripted history. This was not incidental, but formed the core of psychoanalytic theory. The Freud Files reveals how psychoanalysis is vulnerable to its past. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? How did it eclipse rival psychologies and psychotherapies, such that it became natural to bracket Freud with Copernicus and Darwin? Why did Freud triumph to such a degree that we hardly remember his rivals? This book reconstructs the early controversies around psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, Freud and his followers rescripted history. This legend-making was not an incidental addition to psychoanalytic theory but formed its core. Letting the primary material speak for itself, this history demonstrates the extraordinary apparatus by which this would-be science of psychoanalysis installed itself in contemporary societies. Beyond psychoanalysis, it opens up the history of the constitution of the modern psychological sciences and psychotherapies, how they furnished the ideas which we have of ourselves and how these became solidified into indisputable facts. Notes An enquiry into the history of psychoanalysis. Author Biography Professor Sonu Shamdasani is a historian of psychology and psychiatry and is widely regarded as the leading Jung historian at work today. His numerous publications have been translated into many languages and his last edited book, Jungs Red Book (2009) was on The New York Times bestseller list and a documentary is currently being prepared on the subject. Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of highly influential books on the theory and history of psychoanalysis and co-author of the bestselling Le livre noir de la psychanalyse (The Black Book of Psychoanalysis). Table of Contents Introduction: the past of an illusion; 1. Privatising science; 2. The interprefaction of dreams; 3. Case histories; 4. Policing the past; Coda: what was psychoanalysis? Review Attempts to debunk the legend in the 1970s and 80s failed. But a current assault, helped by a wealth of declassified material, correspondence and critical studies, looks more likely to dismantle the monomyth … the legend is fraying from all sides. New Scientist Promotional This book shows how psychoanalysis attained its prominent cultural position, not through surmounting its rivals, but through rescripting history. Review Quote Attempts to debunk the legend in the 1970s and 80s failed. But a current assault, helped by a wealth of declassified material, correspondence and critical studies, looks more likely to dismantle the monomyth … the legend is fraying from all sides. New Scientist Promotional "Headline" This book shows how psychoanalysis attained its prominent cultural position, not through surmounting its rivals, but through rescripting history. Description for Bookstore How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? This book reconstructs the early controversies surrounding psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, the Freudians rescripted history. This was not incidental, but formed the core of psychoanalytic theory. The Freud Files reveals how psychoanalysis is vulnerable to its past. Description for Library How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? This book reconstructs the early controversies surrounding psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, the Freudians rescripted history. This was not incidental, but formed the core of psychoanalytic theory. The Freud Files reveals how psychoanalysis is vulnerable to its past. Details ISBN0521729785 Author Sonu Shamdasani Year 2011 ISBN-10 0521729785 ISBN-13 9780521729789 Media Book Short Title FREUD FILES Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle An Inquiry into the History of Psychoanalysis Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2011-11-24 Format Paperback AU Release Date 2011-11-24 NZ Release Date 2011-11-24 UK Release Date 2011-11-24 Pages 450 Alternative 9780511979842 DEWEY 150.1952 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168649388;

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