In Freud: Conflict and Culture, Michael S. Roth presents eithgteen essays on the man who has become, in W.H. Auden's phrase, "a whole climate of opinion." This fascinating collections explores Freud's work, the absorption of his theories into mainstream culture, and his hotly contested legacy.Oliver Sacks demonstrates how Freud's early studies anticipated contemporary neuropsychology.Scholar Muriel Dimen reveals a paradoxical liaison between psychoanalysis and feminism.Art Spiegelman (Maus) provides a comic strip that explores Freud's ideas about humor.And Peter Kramer...
In Freud: Conflict and Culture, Michael S. Roth presents eithgteen essays on the man who has become, in W.H. Auden's phrase, "a whole climate o...
This book, offering the state-of-the-art in cultural/intellectual history today, examines some of the major problems and themes critical to the historical study of European culture. It explores the limits and capacities of historical consciousness in modernity and shares a concern with the ways in which cultural productions are connected to self and society.
This book, offering the state-of-the-art in cultural/intellectual history today, examines some of the major problems and themes critical to the histor...
