Overview
- Traces the development of the Oedipus complex
- Explores the theory in light of new sociological data and theoretical explorations on gender and diversity
- Offers a compelling account of 'the father' from various academic disciplines
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Freud Discovers Oedipus
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The Oedipus Complex After Freud
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Media Matters
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About this book
To what extent are the concepts of fatherhood and family, as proposed by Sigmund Freud, still valid?
Psychoanalysis, Fatherhood, and the Modern Family traces the development of Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex and discusses his ideas in the context of recent psychoanalytic work, new sociological data, and theoretical explorations on gender and diversity. Contributors include representatives from many academic disciplines, as well as practicing psychoanalysts who reflect on their experience with patients. Their exciting essays break new ground in defining who a father is—and what a father may be.
Reviews
—Tabitha Freeman, Former Senior Research Associate at Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, UK
“This is a first-rate collection of essays, which will revitalize the debate on one of the most important, influential, and controversial topics of psychoanalysis. All the essays are illuminating, learned, and engagingly written. It makes for an informative—as well as exciting and fun!—read.”
—Mario Telò,Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
“This volume takes us not only to Freud, his father, Oedipus, and Oedipus, but also to many of their interlocutors and critics from within the history of psychoanalysis as well as anthropology, feminism, and philosophy. Its lucid introduction and many splendid essays illuminate fatherhood from different angles even while making paternity itself uncanny. As a result, Psychoanalysis, Fatherhood, and the Modern Family will appeal to a wide range of readers—students, teachers, and the psychoanalytic community more generally—eager to learn all about fathers, past and present.”
—Andrew Parker, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Rutgers University, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychoanalysis, Fatherhood, and the Modern Family
Editors: Liliane Weissberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82124-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82123-4Published: 31 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82126-5Published: 31 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82124-1Published: 30 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 282
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychoanalysis, Social Philosophy, Family, Group and Systematic Therapy