Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis

Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? In Critique on the Couch, Amy Allen offers a cogent and...
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Author: Amy Allen
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Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis by Allen, Amy

Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis

$95.28

Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis

$95.28
Author: Amy Allen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? In Critique on the Couch, Amy Allen offers a cogent and convincing defense of its ongoing relevance.

Countering the overly rationalist and progressivist interpretations of psychoanalysis put forward by contemporary critical theorists such as J rgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, Allen argues that the work of Melanie Klein offers an underutilized resource. She draws on Freud, Klein, and Lacan to develop a more realistic strand of psychoanalytic thinking that centers on notions of loss, negativity, ambivalence, and mourning. Far from leading to despair, such an understanding of human subjectivity functions as a foundation of creativity, productive self-transformation, and progressive social change.

At a time when critical theorists are increasingly returning to psychoanalytic thought to diagnose the dysfunctions of our politics, this book opens up new ways of understanding the political implications of psychoanalysis while preserving the progressive, emancipatory aims of critique.

Author: Amy Allen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780231198615

About the Author
Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and head of the Philosophy Department at the Pennsylvania State University. Her previous Columbia University Press books include The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (2016) and Transitional Subjects: Critical Theory and Object Relations (2019, coedited with Brian O'Connor).

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