Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis

by Jamieson Webster

Book Overview

Conversion disorder--a psychiatric term that names the enigmatic transformation of psychic energy into bodily manifestations--offers a way to rethink the present. With so many people suffering from unexplained bodily symptoms; with so many seeking recourse to pharmacological treatments or bodily modification; with young men and women seemingly willing to direct violence toward anybody, including themselves--a radical disordering in culture insists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231184093
• ISBN13: 9780231184090
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"