Reason and Unreason: Psychoanalysis, Science and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780826455789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 258 str.

University of East Michael Rustin (Dean of Social Sciences

Opis

This work explores the justification and legitimacy of psychoanalytic knowledge, and its relevance to political and social questions. Part one explores the achievements of the British psychoanalytic tradition, relating these to recent developments in the sociological understanding of the sciences. Here the argument over the legitimacy of psychoanalysis is advanced beyond sterile polemics towards a more complex and self-confident understanding of its distinctive features and contributions.