Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalysis in the Age of TotalitarianismAuthor(s): Matt ffytche, Daniel Pick\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138793880, 978-1138793880\nSynopsis\nPsychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses and abuses of the talking cure and map the diverse psychologies and therapeutic practices that have featured in and against tyrannical, modern regimes. \n\nThese essays show both how the Freudian movement responded to and was transformed by the rise of fascism and communism, the Second World War, and the Cold War, and how powerful new ideas about aggression, destructiveness, control, obedience and psychological freedom were taken up in the investigation of politics. They identify important intersections between clinic.