On Symbolism and Symbolisation: The Work of Freud, Durkheim and Mauss

ISBN-13: 9780815357193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 120 str.

Eric Smadja

Opis

In On Symbolism and Symbolisation, Éric Smadja returns to the end of the nineteenth century and explores how the concepts of symbolism and symbolisation have been discussed among theorists, and how this has revolutionised the human sciences. Uniquely, he connects three key thinkers of psychoanalysis, sociology and ethnology – Freud, Durkheim and Mauss - and discusses how their diverse epistemological paths blend, and have consequently shaped our representation of humanity, society, and culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Spis treści

By way of introduction. Freud. Durkheim. Mauss. Symbols, symbolism and symbolisation. By way of conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Éric Smadja is a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst based in Paris, France, and London, UK. He is a member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, a guest member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). He is also an anthropologist and an associate member of the American Anthropological Association. He was awarded the IPA’s Prize for 'Exceptional Contribution Made to Psychoanalytical Research' (2007). He is the author of several books which have been translated into many languages, including The Couple: A Pluridisciplinary Story and The Oedipus Complex (both Routledge).