Freudian Repression by Michael Billig

Freudian Repression by Michael Billig

In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology, Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's classic case histories such as 'Dora' and the 'Rat Man' and the great psychologist's own life to show the importance of small words in speech. By focusing on previously overlooked exchanges, even Freud himself can be seen to be repressing. Freudian Repression also offers insights into the debate about recovered memories and the ideological background to psychoanalysis which will guarantee its interdisciplinary appeal to psychologists, language theorists, discourse analysts, students of psychoanalysis, literary studies and sociologists.

'This insightful book is well worth reading' The Psychologist

For more than 25 years, Michael Billig has been a Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. The British Psychological Society's Social Section awarded him the Outstanding Contribution to Social Psychology Award in 2011. Freudian Repression (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Argument and Thinking (Cambridge University Press, 1987, 1996) are two of his books.

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ISBN 13	9780521659567
ISBN 10	0521659566
Title	Freudian Repression
Author	Michael Billig
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1999-11-04
Number of pages	300
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