Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis

by Amy Allen

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 J?rgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, Allen argues that the work of Melanie Klein offers an underutilized resource. She draws on Freud, Klein, and Lacan to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231198604
• ISBN13: 9780231198608
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"