Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction

by Anthony Elliott and Anthony Elliot

Book Overview

Anthony Elliott presents a comprehensive introduction to psychoanalytic theory and its applications in the social sciences and humanities in this new and fully revised second edition of Psychoanalytic Theory. Elliott provides lucid interpretations of key psychoanalytic theorists such as Freud, Klein, Winnicott, Lacan, Deleuze, Kristeva, and Zizek. This revised edition has much new material, including a survey of psychoanalytic approaches to race and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330180
• ISBN13: 9780822330189
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Very ambitious and superb.

This is a very ambitious and comprehensive encounter with psychoanalysis and cultural theory. From Freud to Lacan and beyond, Elliott is wise and erudite. A good introduction indeed.