The Freud files : an inquiry into the history of psychoanalysis
Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel2012
Book
How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? How did it eclipse rival psychologies and psychotherapies, such that it became natural to bracket Freud with Copernicus and Darwin? Why did Freud 'triumph' to such a degree that we hardly remember his rivals? This book reconstructs the early controversies around psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, Freud and his followers rescripted history. Letting the primary material speak for itself, this history demonstrates the extraordinary apparatus by which this would-be science of psychoanalysis installed itself in contemporary societies. Beyond psychoanalysis, it opens up the history of modern psychological sciences and psychotherapies, how they furnished the ideas which we have of ourselves and how these became solidified into indisputable 'facts'.
Main title:
The Freud files : an inquiry into the history of psychoanalysis / Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and Sonu Shamdasani.
Imprint:
Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Collation:
x, 404 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-396) and index.
ISBN:
9780521729789
Dewey class:
150.1952092150.1952
Language:
English
BRN:
63439
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Health | HEALTH 150.1952 BORC | Available |