Inheritance in Psychoanalysis

Book Overview

In contrast to the way inheritance is understood in scientific discourse and culture more broadly, inheritance in psychoanalysis is a paradox. Although it's impossible, strictly speaking, for the unconscious to be inherited, this volume demonstrates how the concept of inheritance can occasion a rich reassessment and reinvention of psychoanalytic theory and practice. The collection enacts a critical traversal of inheritance for psychoanalysis: from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438467877
• ISBN13: 9781438467870
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"