Freud and the Institution of Psychoanalytic Knowledge

by Sarah Winter

Book Overview

How did psychoanalytic knowledge attain a dual status both as common sense about the "inner life" among the educated and as seemingly indispensable psychological expertise during the first half of the twentieth century? Combining approaches from literary studies and historical sociology, this book provides a groundbreaking cultural history of the strategies Freud employed in his writings and career to orchestrate public recognition of psychoanalyis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804733066
• ISBN13: 9780804733069
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"