1st Edition
Straight Male Modern A Cultural Critique of Psychoanalysis
By John Brenkman
Copyright 1993
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Major psychoanalytic thinkers from Freud to Ricoeur to Lacan considered the Oedipus complex the key to explaining the human psyche and human sexuality, even culture itself. But, in fact, they were merely theorizing males.
In this title, originally published in 1993, the author reassesses the benchmark concepts of Freudian thought, building on feminist criticisms of psychoanalysis and the new... Read more
Acknowledgments. Introduction. Theorizing Males 1. Freud 2. Ricoeur 3. Lacan The Freudian Structure of Feeling 4. Rat Man 5. Hidden Faults 6. Family, Community, Polis 7. Family Histories Oedipus: Individual Myth and Cultural Pathology 8. Like Father, Like Son 9. "Mother/Whore" 10. The Name-of-the-Father 11. Mothering and the Promises of Autonomy Conclusion 12. Why a Cultural Critique of Psychoanalysis. Notes. Index
Biography
John Brenkman
