The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class, and Culture Through a Psychoanalytic Lens

by Neil Altman

Book Overview

In 1995, Neil Altman did what few psychoanalysts did or even dared to do: He brought the theory and practice of psychoanalysis out of the cozy confines of the consulting room and into the realms of the marginalized, to the very individuals whom this theory and practice often overlooked. In doing so, he brought together psychoanalytic and social theory, and examined how divisions of race, class and culture reflect and influence splits in the developing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881635006
• ISBN13: 9780881635003
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"