Edith Kurzweil
Freudians
and Feminists
"Edith Kurzweil's thoughtful-and
occasionally polemical-exploration
of the 'ambivalent' relations
between Freudians and feminists
arrestingly illuminates the ways in
which both movements reflect and
shape our complex times. Above
all, this book shows that, passing
antagonisms notwithstanding,
both movements have been central
participants in the move from
modernity to postmodernity. Even
those who do not agree with
Kurzweil's specific formulations and judgments will learn
from their arguments with her. "
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese,
Emory University
T
wenty years ago, few observers would have foreseen
that some feminists would once again turn to Freud.
But in recent years, the adoption by American feminists
of French concepts-especially the ideas of Lacan-has
led to new approaches in feminist theory and
psychology. This book traces the intellectual history of
the interaction between feminists and Freudian thought,
charting the essence of psychoanalytical theories
through the years to show how specific notions were
adapted, readapted, and discarded by successive
generations of feminists.
222 pages .
$55.00
he .
$17.95
pb
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