Identity crisis : modernity, psychoanalysis and the self
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Identity crisis : modernity, psychoanalysis and the self
Macmillan Education, 1991
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Available at 26 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-201) and index
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ISBN 9780333511060
Description
'Frosh knows his material extremely well; he raises interesting questions and offers some suggestive insights...His interweaving of social theory with psychodynamic explanation is sophisticated and compelling...The book is valuable for its thoughtful and informed insights on contemporary psychoanalytic theories of the self and its pathologies' Contemporary Psychology Identity Crisis examines the psychological responses of people to the excitements and terrors that characterise the modern world. Beginning with a description of modernist and post-modernist accounts of contemporary life, it then moves into detailed discussions of narcissism and psychosis - two states of mind that seem to characterise the 'crises of self' to which the modern world gives rise. Identity Crisis will be of interest to students in a wide range of disciplines including psychology, sociology, psychoanalysis, politics and cultural studies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the modern mind, modernity, narcissism and psychosis
- social experience - modern times, post-modern states of mind
- Freud's monster - the dam metaphor, nature and unconscious passion, affirmative relations, bad world, mad world, post-modern psychosis
- narcissism - the culture of narcissism, subject and object, narcissistic pathology, lost illusions, the ego ideal, the real father
- narcissistic pathology - narcissism and society, self-objects and mirrors, the raging self, broken mirrors, transference and change
- dreaming of madness - the habit of belief, the influencing machine, schizo-analysis, the madness of self and society
- psychotic states of mind - recuperating reality, signifying nothing, inside and out, annihilatory pieces, post-modernism, concrete consumption and reverie
- the crisis of identity - identity crisis, reverie and resistance.
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: pbk ISBN 9780333511077
Description
This book examines the psychological responses of people to the excitements and terrors that characterise the modern world. Beginning with a description of modernist and post-modernist accounts of contemporary life, it then moves into detailed discussions of narcissism and psychosis - two states of mind that seem to characterise the 'crises of self' to which the modern world gives rise.
With an interweaving of social theory and psychodynamic explanations, this is a sophisticated and compelling text. Identity Crisis will be of interest to students in a wide range of disciplines including psychology, sociology, psychoanalysis, politics and cultural studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.-The Modern Mind .- Modernity, Narcissism and Psychosis.- PART 1: SOCIAL EXPERIENCE.- Modern Times.- Postmodern States of Mind.- PART 2: FREUD'S MONSTER.- The Dam Metaphor.- Nature and Unconscious Passion.- Affirmative Relations.- Bad World, Mad World.- Postmodern Psychosis.- PART 3: NARCISSISM.- The Culture of Narcissism.- Subject and Object.- Narcissistic Pathology.- Lost Illusions.- The Ego Ideal.- The Real Father.- PART 4: NARCISSISTIC PATHOLOGY.- Narcissism and Society.- Selfobjects and Mirrors.- The Raging Self.- Broken Mirrors.- Transference and Change.- PART 5: DREAMING OF MADNESS.- The Habit of Belief.- The Influencing Machine.- Schizoanalysis.- The Madness of Self and Society.- PART 6: PSYCHOTIC STATES OF MIND.- Recuperating Reality.- Signifying Nothing.- Inside and Out.- Annihilatory Pieces.- Postmodernism, Concrete Consumption and Reverie.- Conclusion: The Crisis of Identity.- Identity Crisis.- Reverie and Resistance.- References.- Index
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