Hysteria from Freud to Lacan |
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| Author:
| Nasio, Juan-David |
| Series title: | Lacanian Clinical Field Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-892746-02-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 1998 |
| Publisher: | Other Press, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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In the English-speaking psychoanalytic world, few diagnostic categories are as controversial as hysteria. This concept, widely held to reflect outmoded cultural prejudices aganist women, has virtually disappeared from our theoretical literature, diagnostic manuals, and traning programs. However far from being gender-bound, hysteria from 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?...
More DescriptionIn the English-speaking psychoanalytic world, few diagnostic categories are as controversial as hysteria. This concept, widely held to reflect outmoded cultural prejudices aganist women, has virtually disappeared from our theoretical literature, diagnostic manuals, and traning programs. However far from being gender-bound, hysteria from 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?