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To what extent are the concepts of fatherhood and family, as proposed by Sigmund Freud, still valid? Psychoanalysis, Fatherhood, and the Modern Family traces the development of Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex and discusses his ideas in the context of recent psychoanalytic work, new sociological data, and theoretical explorations on gender and diversity. Contributors include representatives from many academic disciplines, as well as practicing psychoanalysts who reflect on their experience with patients. Their exciting essays break new ground in defining who a father is—and what a father may be.

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Author:   Liliane Weissberg
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9783030821234

ISBN 10:   3030821234
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   31 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Psychoanalysis, Fatherhood, and the Work of MourningPart I Freud  Discovers Oedipus2. The Road to Thebes: Freud and French Retrospective Medicine3. The Dawn of the Oedipus Complex: A Tale of Two LettersPart II The Oedipus Complex After Freud4. Freud's Oedipal Myth and Lacan’s Critique5. Deleuze-Guattari and the End of Oedipus6. The Nuclear Family and Its Discontents: Freud, Jung, and Szondi and the Persistence of the DynastyPart III Private and Public Fathers7. Black Fathers, Oedipal Issues, and Modernity8. Does a Father Need to be a Man?9. Blindness and Repair in Institutional Psychoanalysis: A Brief History10. A Fatherless Nation: Alexander Mitscherlich Analyzes Post-War GermanyPart IV Media Matters11. The Planetary Father Function12. What is Called Father? (A Fissure in Familialism)

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Liliane Weissberg is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in Arts and Science at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Among her recent book publications are Nachträglich, grundlegend: Der Kommentar als Denkform in der jüdischen Moderne (edited with Andreas Kilcher, 2018), and Benjamin Veitel Ephraim: Kaufmann, Schriftsteller, Geheimagent (2021). She has published widely on Sigmund Freud’s life and work, and is an honorary member of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

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