Passion in Theory Conceptions of Freud and Lacan [Hardcover]

Philosophy had either ignored or attacked psychoanalysis: such responses are neither warranted nor helpful. One hundred years after its inception, isn't it time to find out what psychoanalysis has to offer us? In Passion in TheoryRobyn Ferrell does just that, and returns with some surprising answers.
Concentrating on the work of Freud and Lacan, Robyn Ferrell asks why their work had been so influential in European philosophy yet so marginal in the Anglo-American circles. Passion in Theoryexplores their conception of the relationship between mind and body, and how it provides a key to many current philosophical questions.
Passion in Theoryis designed for students and researchers in psychoanalysis, traditional and continental philosophy.