Elisabeth Roudinesco

Why Psychoanalysis?

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ISBN 13:
9780231122030
author:
Elisabeth Roudinesco
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Columbia University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2003
Pages:
184
Dimensions:
20.32 x 16.05 x 1.42 centimetres
Genre:
Nonfiction, Psychology, Movements,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£22.95

Description

Why Psychoanalysis? Elisabeth Roudinesco explores why some people still choose psychoanalysis despite the availability of medications that treat symptoms more quickly. She argues that these drugs fail to solve patients' real problems and instead represent an "epidemic of distress" addressed by a reliance on prescription medication. Roudinesco sees a society in which thought is reduced to chemical reactions and desire is viewed as a mere secretion, rather than human freedom and the power of language. In contrast, psychoanalysis offers a different worldview, one that values the talking cure as a means of understanding and addressing deeper issues. This book examines the relationship between psychoanalysis and pharmacology, arguing that they represent not just different approaches to psychiatry, but fundamentally different worldviews.

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