Cultural Theory and Psychoanalytic Tradition - 9781138521735

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Cultural Theory and Psychoanalytic TraditionAuthor(s): David Fisher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138521735, 978-1138521735\nSynopsis\nThe culture of psychoanalysis has many traditions and multiple schools of theory and thought. This work presents informative and original investigations into three overlapping areas of psychoanalytic tradition: the history of psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic culture criticism; and the application of psychoanalytic methods to the study of history. In this carefully crafted evaluation of various authors and subjects, Fisher's perceptions are informed by a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the psychoanalytic movement, its interaction with the wider context of European cultural and political history, and its philosophical and clinical origins.\n\nIn examining the history of the movement, Fisher attempts to discover the fundamental inspiration of psychoanalysis by returning to the o.