Freud Revisited Psychoanalytic Themes in the Postmodern Age [Hardcover]

Freud Revisited sees Freud as one of the last great exponents of Enlightenment rationalism; yet he also forms part of modernism - which shattered traditional forms in art - and he leads forward to certain postmodern ideas. The book examines some of Freud's themes which remain challenging and relevant today - for example, psychoanalysis as a form of narrative-construction, the creative nature of memory, the revolutionary nature of the knowledge gained through psychotherapy, and the unconscious, which subverts any notion of stable human identity.Acknowledgements Introduction Freud, Modernism and Postmodernism Truth, Knowledge and Subjectivity The Unconscious Forgetting, Repeating and Remembering Story Telling Instincts and Environment Dialectics in the Psyche Contradictions in Sexuality Femininity, Feminism and Psychoanalysis Dreams, Jokes and Films Revisions and Criticisms Conclusion Notes IndexROGER HORROCKS is a Psychotherapist working in London. He was formerly a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Hertfordshire carrying out research into aphasia, metaphoric language and schizophrenic language. His publications include Masculinity in Crisis, Male Myths and Icons, and An Introduction to the Study of Sexuality.