Roudinesco, Elisabeth, 1944-

Why psychoanalysis / Elisabeth Roudinesco ; translated by Rachel Bowlby. - 181 pages ; 21 cm. - European perspectives . - European perspectives. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-171) and index.

The depressive society. The defeat of the subject -- The medications of the mind -- The soul is not a thing -- Behavior-modification man -- The great quarrel over the unconscious. Frankenstein's brain -- The "Equinox letter" -- Freud is dead in America -- A French scientism -- The future of psychoanalysis. Science and psychoanalysis -- Tragic man -- Universality, difference, exclusion -- Critique of psychoanalytic institutions -- -- The Depressive Society -- The Defeat of the Subject -- The Medications of the Mind -- The Great Quarrel Over the Unconscious -- The Soul Is Not a Thing -- Frankenstein's Brain -- The Future of Psychoanalysis -- Behavior-Modification Man -- The "Equinox Letter'' -- Freud Is Dead in America -- A French Scientism -- Science and Psychoanalysis -- Tragic Man -- Universality, Difference, Exclusion -- Critique of Psychoanalytic Institutions. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 5. Part III. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis--trends

BF173 / .R67513 2001

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