For and Against Psychoanalysis

by Stephen Frosh

Book Overview

Psychoanalysis has always been a source of controversy throughout academic and popular culture. This controversy relates to questions of its true value, its scientific status, its politics and its therapeutic effectiveness. Psychoanalysis' defenders regard it as a body of knowledge built on careful and painstaking exploration of complex clinical encounters, offering more detailed and valid insights than can be obtained from other sources. Psychoanalysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583917780
• ISBN13: 9781583917787
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 8.8"