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How to Read Freud
Josh Cohen
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Description for How to Read Freud
Paperback. In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word, or action, however apparently trivial, can invite close reading. Indeed, it may be just this insight that makes psychoanalysis have so many oponents. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word or action, however apparently trivial, can invite close reading. Indeed, it may be just this insight that provokes so much opposition to psychoanalysis. By reading short extracts from across Freud's work, addressing the neuroses, the unconscious, words, death and (of course) sex, How to Read Freud brings out the paradoxical core of psychoanalytic thinking: that our innermost truths only ever manifest themselves as distortions. Read attentively, our dreams, errors, jokes and symptoms - in short, our everyday lives - reveal us as ... Read more
In this engaging introduction, Josh Cohen argues that Freud shows above all that any thought, word or action, however apparently trivial, can invite close reading. Indeed, it may be just this insight that provokes so much opposition to psychoanalysis. By reading short extracts from across Freud's work, addressing the neuroses, the unconscious, words, death and (of course) sex, How to Read Freud brings out the paradoxical core of psychoanalytic thinking: that our innermost truths only ever manifest themselves as distortions. Read attentively, our dreams, errors, jokes and symptoms - in short, our everyday lives - reveal us as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
How to Read
Condition
New
Weight
113g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862077638
SKU
V9781862077638
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About Josh Cohen
Josh Cohen is a psychoanalyst in private practice, and Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths University of London. He is the author of numerous books and articles on modern literature, psychoanalysis and cultural theory. His books include How to Read Freud (Granta, 2005) and The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark (Granta 2013). He is a regular ... Read more
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