Elliott, Anthony, 1964-

Psychoanalytic theory : an introduction / Anthony Elliott. - Third edition. - x, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The making of the self -- Divergences in psychoanalytic theory -- Modern culture and its repressed: from Freud to Lasch -- Object relations, Kleinian theory, self-psychology: from Erikson to Kohut -- Poststructuralist anxiety: subjects of desire, from Lacan to Derrida -- Psychoanalytic feminism: from Chodorow to Butler -- The dislocating world of postmodernism: identity in troubled times -- Conclusion: psychoanalysis as critical theory.

"This comprehensive introduction to psychoanalytic theory and its application to the social sciences and humanities is now available in a new and fully revised edition. Elliott provides lucid interpretations of key psychoanalytic theorists and examines the political and cultural dimensions of psychoanalytic studies"-- Provided by publisher.

1137300825 9781137300829 1137300833 9781137300836

2015013157


Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalytic Theory.

BF173 / .E63 2015

150.195