Description
| Product ID: | 9781782204589 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library |
| Title: | Obsessional Neurosis |
| Subtitle: | Lacanian Perspectives |
| Authors: | Author: Astrid Gessert |
| Page Count: | 162 |
| Subjects: | Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Abnormal psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Abnormal psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume of essays elaborates and deepen research into the question of obsession, going beyond the usual cliches which reduce obsession to the question 'Am I alive or dead?', and providing rigorous discussion of some of the following themes. Despite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This book elaborates and deepen research into questions of obsession, going beyond the usual clichés which reduce obsession to the question "Am I alive or dead?". Emphasis is given to the structure of this neurosis, as distinguished from its symptomatology, and to clinical questions of work with obsessional subjects. The chapters provide discussions of some of the following themes: the creation of the category of obsessional neurosis and of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the fate of desire and the inability to act in obsession, debt and guilt, obsessional manoeuvres and their implications for the treatment. The book will be of interest to readers with academic or clinical backgrounds who wish to deepen their understanding of obsessional neurosis from a theoretical or clinical point of view. Newcomers to the subject will find signposts here that guide them through the complex landscape of obsession and lead them to avenues they may wish to pursue further. |
| Imprint Name: | Karnac Books |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-10-31 |