Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism

Book Overview

Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses and abuses of 'the talking cure' and map the diverse psychologies and therapeutic practices that have featured in and against tyrannical, modern regimes.

These essays show both how the Freudian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138793892
• ISBN13: 9781138793897
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"