Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Hysteria from Freud to Lacan : The Splendid Child of Psychoanalysis (The Lacanian Clinical Field) (Lacanian Clincial Field)

Hysteria from Freud to Lacan : The Splendid Child of Psychoanalysis (The Lacanian Clinical Field) (Lacanian Clincial Field) Review



In the English-speaking psychoanalytic world, few diagnostic categories are as controversial as hysteria. This concept, widely held to reflect outmoded cultural prejudices against women, has virtually disappeared from our theoretical literature, diagnostic manuals, and training programs. However, far from being gender-bound, hysteria for Jacques Lacan represents a psychic strategy that bears on one of the most fundamental preoccupations of existence: what does it mean to be a woman? What does it mean to be a man?


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