Asexuality and Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Towards a Theory of an Enigma

ISBN-13: 9781032103587 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Kevin (Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in I

Opis

Asexuality and Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Towards a Theory of an Enigma proposes that asexuality is a libidinally-founded desire for no sexual desire, a concept not included in psychoanalytic theory up to now.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. What Research Has To Say About Asexuality  2. Towards a Freudian Understanding  3. Key Freudian Concepts and Their Relation to Asexuality  4. Towards a Lacanian Understanding of Asexuality  5. The Challenge of Libido and the Annulment of Sexual Desire  6. Asexual jouissance and the Lacanian sinthome  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Kevin Murphy, PhD, is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist practising in Dublin, Ireland. He is a Registered Practitioner member of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI) and a Member of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).