The Oedipus Complex

Focus of the Psychoanalysis-Anthropology Debate

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Mental Health
Cover of the book The Oedipus Complex by Éric Smadja, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Éric Smadja ISBN: 9781315448862
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 16, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Éric Smadja
ISBN: 9781315448862
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 16, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book examines the contentious relationship between psychoanalysis and anthropology as it has played out in disputes surrounding the Oedipus complex. Here, Éric Smadja explores the complicated historical and epistemological conditions leading up to the emergence of the conflict between the two disciplines. He considers the origins of each science, the "creation" of the Oedipus complex, and the place, role and influence of Freud’s key and controversial work Totem and Taboo, both in the history of psychoanalysis and as it connects with anthropology internationally.

Focusing on such key figures as Bronislaw Malinowski, Ernest Jones, Franz Boas, Georges Devereux, Emile Durkheim, Claude Levi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, Smadja charts the course of the debate as it unfolded during the twentieth century and tracks its contemporary status of the debate, with a focus on figures in both France and the United States. Discussing the divergences and convergences between the two fields, he compares and contrasts their historical, epistemological and methodological features and reflects on the new "acculturative" disciplines emerging from their interaction. The book concludes with a look at what the conflictual history of these two human sciences can tell us about the history of ideas and their processes and modes of communication.

Exploring a dispute which reaches back to the very beginnings of psychoanalysis and anthropology, The Oedipus Complex will appeal to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, psychotherapists and academics and students of psychoanalytic studies, anthropology and the history of ideas.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book examines the contentious relationship between psychoanalysis and anthropology as it has played out in disputes surrounding the Oedipus complex. Here, Éric Smadja explores the complicated historical and epistemological conditions leading up to the emergence of the conflict between the two disciplines. He considers the origins of each science, the "creation" of the Oedipus complex, and the place, role and influence of Freud’s key and controversial work Totem and Taboo, both in the history of psychoanalysis and as it connects with anthropology internationally.

Focusing on such key figures as Bronislaw Malinowski, Ernest Jones, Franz Boas, Georges Devereux, Emile Durkheim, Claude Levi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, Smadja charts the course of the debate as it unfolded during the twentieth century and tracks its contemporary status of the debate, with a focus on figures in both France and the United States. Discussing the divergences and convergences between the two fields, he compares and contrasts their historical, epistemological and methodological features and reflects on the new "acculturative" disciplines emerging from their interaction. The book concludes with a look at what the conflictual history of these two human sciences can tell us about the history of ideas and their processes and modes of communication.

Exploring a dispute which reaches back to the very beginnings of psychoanalysis and anthropology, The Oedipus Complex will appeal to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, psychotherapists and academics and students of psychoanalytic studies, anthropology and the history of ideas.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Deconstructive Turn (Routledge Revivals) by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Totalitarian Capitalism and Beyond by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Economic Complexity and Equilibrium Illusion by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Thinking English Translation by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Building Communication Theories by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Disputed Subjects (RLE Feminist Theory) by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Biographical Tradition in Sufism by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Liber legis Scaniae by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Families and their Relatives by Éric Smadja
Cover of the book Global Tourism and Informal Labour Relations by Éric Smadja
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy