Freud and the Spoken Word - 9781138858107

Taylor & Francis

Freud and the Spoken WordSpeech as a key to the unconscious\nAuthor(s): Ana-Maria Rizzuto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138858107, 978-1138858107\nSynopsis\nThere is extensive literature on Freud and language; however, there is very little that looks at Freuds use of the spoken word. In Freud and the Spoken Word: Speech as a key to the unconscious, Ana-Mara Rizzuto contends that Freuds focus on the intrapsychic function and meaning of patients words allowed him to use the new psychoanalytic method of talking to gain access to unconscious psychic life. In creating the first talking therapy, Freud began a movement that still underpins how psychoanalysts understand and use the spoken word in clinical treatment and advance psychoanalytic theory. With careful and critical reference to Freuds own work, this book draws out conclusions on the nature of verbal exchanges between analyst and patient. \n\nAna- Mara Rizzut.