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OverviewThroughout the human sciences, recent debates have centred on the relationship between social structures and subjectivity. These debates have been exemplary in the areas of gender, discourse and psychotherapy. Drawing on postmodernism and on psychoanalysis, scholars in these areas have attempted to theorise the social 'human subject' as a site for the expression of cultural and linguistic forces, whilst struggling to maintain the possibility of personal agency and political resistance. In this book, which draws on some of Stephen Frosh's most innovative work, the question of how to understand the 'personal' in contemporary social life is explored through three themes: 'troubled masculinities', 'postmodernism and family therapy' and 'beyond discourse'. The studies which make up the book centre on the task of constructing theories which are genuinely 'psychosocial' in the sense of dealing with processes of social construction and with personal agency, in a context that celebrates the diversity of cultural and subjective forms. The book thus represents a substantial contribution to thinking around the intersections between psychology, psychoanalysis, systems therapy, postmodernism and social theory. Stephen Frosh is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. He was previously Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. He is the author of numerous academic papers and several books, the most recent (with Ann Phoenix and Rob Pattman) being Young Masculinities: Understanding Boys in Contemporary Society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen FroshPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.229kg ISBN: 9780333963586ISBN 10: 033396358 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 13 June 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: TROUBLED MASCULINITIES Fathers' Ambivalence (Too) Screaming under the Bridge Masculinity, Rationality and Psychotherapy Racism, Racialised Identities and the Psychoanalytic Order PART 2: POSTMODERNISM AND FAMILY THERAPY The Semantics of Therapeutic Change Postmodernism versus Psychotherapy Postmodern Narratives Fundamentalism, Gender and Family Therapy PART 3: BEYOND DISCOURSE? What is Outside Discourse? Things that can't be said: Psychoanalysis and the Limits of Language Conclusion References.Reviews'Stephen Frosh...writes superbly well about the modern love of rationality, with its reputation being infinitely superior (and masculine) to that of emotion: the feminine, the out-of-control.' - Julia Neuberger, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, Jewish Chronicle Author InformationStephen Frosh is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Studies, at Birkbeck College, University of London. He was previously Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. He is the author of numerous academic papers and several books including For and Against Psychoanalysis, Sexual Difference; Masculinity and Psychoanalysis, Identity Crisis; Modernity, Psychoanalysis and the Self, The Politics of Psychoanalysis and, most recently, Young Masculinities (with Ann Phoenix and Rob Pattman). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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