Description
The Weary Sons of Freud lambasts mainstream psychoanalysis for its failure to grapple with pressing political and social matters pertinent to its patients' condition. Gifted with insight and compelled by fury, Catherine Clement contrasts the original, inspirational psychoanalytical work of Freud and Lacan to the obsessive imitations of their uninspired followers-the weary sons of Freud.
The analyst's once attentive ear has become deaf to the broader questions of therapeutic practice. Clement asks whether the perspective of socialism, brought to this study by a woman who is herself an analysand, can fill the gap. She reflects on her own history, as well as on that of psychoanalysis and the French left, to show what an activist and feminist restoration of the talking cure might look like.
A Communist, feminist, and analysand asks what the social function of psychoanalysis should be and condemns what it has become
About the Author
Catherine Clement is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic. After studying at the Ecole normale superieure under Claude Levi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, she became a leading member of the school of French feminism and ecriture feminine. She is a widely read novelist and has collaborated with thinkers such as Helene Cixous and Julia Kristeva.
Reviews
A work of ferocious humour and loving spite. What, she asks herself (and us) loud and direct, are psychoanalysts for? * La Nouvel Observateur *
Brilliantly written ... to be read in one sitting. * Le Monde *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781688854
Author Catherine Clement
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 149g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm
The analyst's once attentive ear has become deaf to the broader questions of therapeutic practice. Clement asks whether the perspective of socialism, brought to this study by a woman who is herself an analysand, can fill the gap. She reflects on her own history, as well as on that of psychoanalysis and the French left, to show what an activist and feminist restoration of the talking cure might look like.
A Communist, feminist, and analysand asks what the social function of psychoanalysis should be and condemns what it has become
About the Author
Catherine Clement is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic. After studying at the Ecole normale superieure under Claude Levi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, she became a leading member of the school of French feminism and ecriture feminine. She is a widely read novelist and has collaborated with thinkers such as Helene Cixous and Julia Kristeva.
Reviews
A work of ferocious humour and loving spite. What, she asks herself (and us) loud and direct, are psychoanalysts for? * La Nouvel Observateur *
Brilliantly written ... to be read in one sitting. * Le Monde *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781688854
Author Catherine Clement
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 149g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm
