What Is Psychoanalysis? - Barnaby B. Barratt

In a radically powerful interpretation of the human condition this book redefines the discipline of psychoanalysis by examining its fundamental assumptions about the unconscious mind the nature of personal history our ualities and the significance of the Oedipus Complex. With striking originality Barratt explains the psychoanalytic way of exploring our inner realities and criticizes many of the schools of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that emerged and prospered during the 20th century. In 1912 Sigmund Freud formed a Secret Committee charged with the task of protecting and advancing his discoveries. In this book Barratt argues both that this was a major mistake making the discipline more like a religious organization than a science and that this continues to infuse psychoanalytic institutes today. What is Psychoanalysis? takes each of the four fundamental concepts that Freud himself said were the cornerstones of his science of healing and offers a fresh and detailed re-examination of their contemporary importance. Barratt's analysis demonstrates how the profound work as well as the playfulness of psychoanalysis provides us with a critique of the ideologies that support oppression and exploitation on the social level. It will be of interest to advanced students of clinical psychology or philosophy as well as psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.

TITLE: What Is Psychoanalysis?

AUTHOR: Barnaby B. Barratt

SKU: 9780415692748

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 23/08/2012

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 240

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 159 mm x 235 mm

WEIGHT: 363 gr