Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis - Paperback
by Amy Allen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Amy AllenSeries:New Directions in Critical Theory #73Publish date:2020-12-01Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231198615ISBN-10:231198612UPC:9780231198615Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Movements, Political, History & TheoryBook Topic:Critical TheorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC3A3DNFTJ
Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis
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 Jürgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, Allen argues that the work of Melanie Klein offers an underutilized...Series: New Directions in Critical Theory #73
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231198615ISBN-10:231198612UPC:9780231198615Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Movements, Political, History & TheoryBook Topic:Critical TheorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC3A3DNFTJ
Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and head of the Philosophy Department at the Pennsylvania State University. Her previous Columbia University Press books include The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (2016) and Transitional Subjects: Critical Theory and Object Relations (2019, coedited with Brian...
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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