Literature, Psychoanalysis and the New Sciences of Mind

by Leonard Jackson

Overview

At a time when psychoanalysis is attacked by biologists, psychologists and literary critics alike, this book offers a radical defence.

Literature, Psychoanalysis and the New Sciences of Mind gives a clear introduction to the theories of Freud and Jung, the strange linguistic rewriting of Freud by Jacques Lacan. It explores the extraordinary variety of ways in which these writings have been applied to literature and literary theory. But for the first time, they are put in the context of recent biological theories of mind and sexuality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317898306
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Leonard Jackson

Table of Contents

Introduction: where psychoanalysis stands now; Chapter 1 Literature as psychotic fantasy; Chapter 2 The new cognitive psychology; Chapter 3 The Sceptical Freudian; Chapter 4 Art as fantasy and defence; Chapter 5 Instinct, archetype and symbol; Chapter 6 The first post-structuralist; Chapter 7 Reading’otherwise; Chapter 8 The structure of unconscious sexual fantasy;

Editorial Reviews

Jackson (linguistics, literary theory, and English literature, Middlesex Polytechnic) leaps to the defense of psychoanalysis against attack by biologists, psychologists, and literary critics. He introduces the theories of Freud and Jung, the strange linguistic rewriting of Freud by Jacques Lacan, and the extraordinary variety of ways in which these have been applied to literature and literary theory. He puts it all in the context of recent biological theories of mind from the cognitive sciences and of sexuality from behavioral genetics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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