The Languages of Psychoanalysis

by John E. Gedo

Book Overview

In this remarkable survey of "the communicative repertory of humans," John Gedo demonstrates the central importance to theory and therapeutics of the communication of information. He begins by surveying those modes of communication encountered in psychoanalysis that go beyond the lexical meaning of verbal dialogue, including "the music of speech," various protolinguistic phenomena, and the language of the body. Then, turning to the analytic dialogue,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881631868
• ISBN13: 9780881631869
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"