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The Late Sigmund Freud: Or, The Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, and All the Riddles of Life
Todd Dufresne
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Description for The Late Sigmund Freud: Or, The Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, and All the Riddles of Life
paperback. A fundamental reassessment of the meaning of Freud's last phase of work: the applied psychoanalysis of culture and society. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Freud is best remembered for two applied works on society, The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Yet the works of the final period are routinely denigrated as merely supplemental to the earlier, more fundamental 'discoveries' of the unconscious and dream interpretation. In fact, the 'cultural Freud' is sometimes considered an embarrassment to psychoanalysis. Dufresne argues that the late Freud, as brilliant as ever, was actually revealing the true meaning of his life's work. And so while The Future of an Illusion, Civilization and its Discontents, and his final work Moses and Monotheism may be embarrassing to ... Read more
Freud is best remembered for two applied works on society, The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Yet the works of the final period are routinely denigrated as merely supplemental to the earlier, more fundamental 'discoveries' of the unconscious and dream interpretation. In fact, the 'cultural Freud' is sometimes considered an embarrassment to psychoanalysis. Dufresne argues that the late Freud, as brilliant as ever, was actually revealing the true meaning of his life's work. And so while The Future of an Illusion, Civilization and its Discontents, and his final work Moses and Monotheism may be embarrassing to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316631027
SKU
V9781316631027
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About Todd Dufresne
Todd Dufresne is Professor of Philosophy at Lakehead University, Ontario. He is the author or editor of Returns of the 'French Freud' (1997), Tales from the Freudian Crypt (2000), Killing Freud (2003), Against Freud (2007), Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (2011), The Future of an Illusion (2012) and Civilization and its Discontents (2016), amongst others.
Reviews for The Late Sigmund Freud: Or, The Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, and All the Riddles of Life
'A superb book that will count among a handful of landmark works in the field of Freud Studies. Blending close readings of texts, a sustained attention to Freud's rhetoric, and rigorous historical-cum-biographical contextualization, Dufresne provides a major reassessment of Freud's late 'cultural' works.' Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, University of Washington 'Dufresne serves as a deft, surefooted guide into the dazzling dark continent ... Read more