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The two systems occupied a common domain as theories of human liberation.
The result is a fascinating look at the 20th century. Buhle's breadth of vision is far-reaching, and she is at her best when reflecting on how the mainstream accommodates and interprets the scholarly. Overall, the text provides a lively overview of the mutual benefits derived from a critical coalition between psychoanalysis and feminism. Highly recommended for all libraries.
Buhle has bridged the void between feminism and psychoanalysis with a historian's thorough and penetrating interpretation of theories and thoughts implicit in 20th-century liberation movements. The introduction is clearly developed and carefully documented. It provides a chronological pattern to show how the influence of European feminists and Freudian psychoanalysts were instrumental in shaping the relationship between feminism and psychoanalytic theory. There are nine chapters, each of which can be studied independently.
Each is skillfully organized with extensive references and notes to motivate the astute scholar. The issues and problems that plagued the feminist movement of the past decades can be reexamined through a careful reading of the chapters in the latter part of the book.
There is no question that Buhle has adeptly used a multidisciplinary approach to present ideas and thoughts that give contemporary feminists and post-Freudians another opportunity for dialogue on the terms "difference" and "equality. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
Greenberg; emeritus, Western Michigan University. Thank you for using the catalog. Feminism and its discontents: Buhle, Mari Jo, Harvard University Press, []. Summary With Sigmund Freud flummoxed about what women want, any encounter between psychoanalysis and feminism would seem to promise a standoff.
Booklist Review The psychoanalyzing, or just plain psyching, of women has a long, checkered history. Publisher's Weekly Review Psychoanalysts have made many attempts to modify the central importance Freud initially attributed to the concept of penis envy in female psychological development. Library Journal Review "Psychoanalysis and feminism both concern the meaning of individuality in a secular society," writes historian Buhle American civilization and history, Brown in her exhaustively researched and accessibly written account of the intersections and collisions between both disciplines.
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For Buhle, remembering the past of feminism cannot be separated from remembering the past of psychoanalysis. They have too much in common to be disentangled from one another:.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Highly recommended for all libraries. This must have been a difficult book to write. Arguing with the Phallus: Thus the cultural terrain that Buhle investigates is populated by literary critics, artists and filmmakers, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists--and the resulting psychoanalysis is not so much a strictly therapeutic theory as an immensely popular form of public discourse. Specific journal exercises facilitate the transformational shift in thinking that helps define, refine, and declare a meaningful vision. Most users should sign in with their email address.
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With Sigmund Freud notoriously flummoxed about what women want, any encounter between psychoanalysis and feminism would seem to promise a standoff. Feminism and Its Discontents brings together far-flung intellectual tendencies rarely seen in intimate relation to A Century of Struggle with Psychoanalysis.
Feminism and Its Discontents: In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: This must have been a difficult book to write. They have too much in common to be disentangled from one another: Project MUSE Mission Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.