Phobic neurosis and castration

By Michel Legouini

This book, drawn from clinical experience with phobic neurosis, offers a broader framework for understanding this disorder of the imagination. The author is driven by a desire to situate the phobic symptom within the realm of an absurd unconscious. This is the unconscious described by Freud, evoking the nonsense of dreams, slips of the tongue and witticisms. It is Lacan's real unconscious, which refers to the senselessness, detached from social ties, of a symptom that resists the signifying chain. This book is aimed at mental and somatic health professionals in the medical, medico-social and social sectors, as well as at patients suffering from severe phobic symptoms who raise the question of a clinical entity specific to phobia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6630110161
• ISBN13: 9786630110166
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"