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The Psychoanalytic Movement explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way in which the middle classes of the industrialized West speak about their emotions. Explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way for the industrialized West to speak about emotion. Argues that although psychoanalysis offers an incisive picture of human nature, it provides untestable operational definitions and makes unsubstantiated claims concerning its therapeutic efficacy. Includes new foreword by Jose Brunner that expands on the central argument of the book and argues that Gellner and Freud might be seen as kindred spirits.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons AND Sons LTD
ISBN-139780631234135
eBay Product ID (ePID)88456058
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Number of Pages252 Pages
Publication NameThe Psychoanalytic Movement: the Cunning of Unreason
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPsychology
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
AuthorErnest Gellner
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight328 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorErnest Gellner