{"product_id":"the-weary-sons-of-freud-isbn-9781781688854","title":"The Weary Sons of Freud","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Communist, feminist, and analysand asks what the social function of psychoanalysis should be and condemns what it has become\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Sons of Freud\u003c\/i\u003e lambasts mainstream psychoanalysis for its failure to grapple with pressing political and social matters pertinent to its patients’ condition. Gifted with insight and compelled by fury, Catherine Clément contrasts the original, inspirational psychoanalytical work of Freud and Lacan to the obsessive imitations of their uninspired followers—the weary sons of Freud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe analyst’s once attentive ear has become deaf to the broader questions of therapeutic practice. Clement asks whether the perspective of socialism, brought to this study by a woman who is herself an analysand, can fill the gap. She reflects on her own history, as well as on that of psychoanalysis and the French left, to show what an activist and feminist restoration of the talking cure might look like.“A work of ferocious humour and loving spite. What, she asks herself (and us) loud and direct, are psychoanalysts for?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eLa Nouvel Observateur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly written … to be read in one sitting.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Clément\u003c\/b\u003e is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic. After studying at the École normale supérieure under Claude Lévi-Strauss and Jacques Lacan, she became a leading member of the school of French feminism and \u003ci\u003eécriture féminine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a widely read novelist and has collaborated with thinkers such as Hélène Cixous and Julia Kristeva.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304516866277,"sku":"NP9781781688854","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781781688854.jpg?v=1767742165","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-weary-sons-of-freud-isbn-9781781688854","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}