Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot

Name: Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot
Brand: Taylor & Francis
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A Critical Re-Imaging of the Body in Psychoanalysis

By Fernanda Magallanes

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Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot presents a radical new approach to psychoanalytic theory, making complex concepts accessible across diverse disciplines. It explores how our subjectivity and understandings of difference and alterity are shaped, emphasising the critical role of the body within psychoanalysis. The book combines theoretical insights with clinical applications, offering fresh perspectives on sexuality, desire, and gender formation.
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This book is suited for psychoanalysts, philosophers, cultural theorists, and advanced students interested in psychoanalytic theory, gender studies, and the intersection of body and subjectivity.

Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot is a new radical departure in psychoanalytic exposition. An attempt is made to convey in a language accessible for people from different disciplines, some of the most difficult processes that conform our subjectivity and our concept of difference and alterity.

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Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot is a new radical departure in psychoanalytic exposition. An attempt is made to convey, in a language accessible for people from different disciplines, some of the most difficult processes that conform our subjectivity and our concept of difference and alterity.

Containing both significant theoretical material and applications of the theory to clinical psychoanalytic practice, this book offers the latest thinking on the importance of the body in psychoanalytic theory. Psychoanalysis, the Body, and the Oedipal Plot will be of interest to psychoanalysts, philosophers, and cultural theorists.

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Esteemed scholars praise this work for its innovative re-examination of the body in psychoanalysis. Judith Butler highlights its groundbreaking insights linking psychoanalysis and literature through new understandings of sexuality and desire. Patricia Gherovici commends the book as a conceptual revolution that challenges conventional Oedipal theory. Overall, the text is regarded as an important and complex contribution to contemporary psychoanalytic thought.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138388420

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 118

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About the Author

Fernanda Magallanes is a psychoanalyst and associate professor in the department of Philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. She works at the intersection between psychoanalysis, feminism, and theories of corporeality.