Freud by Octave Mannoni

Freud by Octave Mannoni

Octave Mannoni worked in France, Madagascar and Africa throughout the twentieth century to extend Lacanian psychoanalytical methods into the field of ethnology. He is best known for his research into the psychic repercussions of colonialism's constitutive elements: the domination of a mass by a minority, economic exploitation, paternalism and racialism. Freud: The Theory of the Unconscious is a well-crafted and concise introduction to the life, work and theories of psychoanalysis' founder. Mannoni draws on the perspective provided by his Lacanian work on colonialism to provide a unique intellectual biography of Freud, tracing the genesis and development of various key psychoanalytical concepts. Mannoni provides a critical account of the various shortcomings in Freud's work, as well as its strengths.

Insightful and illuminating.. A concentrated exposition of Freudian ideas. * New Society *

Octave Mannoni (1898-1989) was a leading thinker in the French psychoanalytical tradition inspired by Jacques Lacan. After travelling to Africa and residing for more than twenty years in Madagascar, where he held various positions while working as an ethnologist, Mannoni returned to France to develop his influential work on colonization.

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ISBN 13	9781781688946
ISBN 10	178168894X
Titre	Freud
Auteur	Octave Mannoni
Série	Radical Thinkers Set 10
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Verso Books
Année de publication	2015-06-09
Nombre de pages	224
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