The Son's Secret: From Oedipus to the Prodigal Son by Massimo Recalcati HARDBACK

The Son's Secret: From Oedipus to the Prodigal Son\nby Massimo Recalcati\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Massimo Recalcati\nTitle: The Son's Secret: From Oedipus to the Prodigal Son\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Society and culture: general\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781509531752\nISBN-10: 1509531750\nRRP: \u00A340.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThis new book by Massimo Recalcati focuses on the psycho-social life of the son. Comparing and contrasting the tragic story of Oedipus by Sophocles and the parable of the prodigal son, Recalcati argues that all common parenting strategies, whether authoritarian or democratic, are attempts at sealing the fate of sons \u2013 that is, they are designed to ensure that sons realize the .