Freud, Psychoanalysis and Death
Freud, Psychoanalysis and Death by Liran Razinsky, published by Cambridge University Press on December 18, 2014, is a scholarly exploration of the theme of death within the framework of Sigmund Freud’s work. This edition, comprising 316 pages, delves into the notion that death is a significant yet repressed aspect of Freud’s theories, which may impair the overall structure of psychoanalysis. Razinsky engages in close readings of various psychoanalytic texts, including those by Freud, Klein, Kohut, Jung, and Lacan, to highlight the discipline’s neglect of this fundamental human concern.
Readers will find a critical examination of psychoanalysis that remains sympathetic while advocating for a reevaluation of death’s role in psychological theory. The book presents a fresh interpretation of Freud’s corpus, making it relevant to scholars of psychoanalysis, literary criticism, and social science. By addressing the implications of death and dying within psychoanalytic thought, Razinsky invites a deeper understanding of its impact on both theory and practice.
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Was ‘death’ a lacuna at the heart of Sigmund Freud’s work? Liran Razinsky argues that the question of death is repressed, rejected and avoided by Freud, therefore resulting in an impairment of the entire theoretical structure of psychoanalysis. Razinsky supports his claim through a series of close readings of psychoanalytic texts (including not just Freud, but Klein, Kohut, Jung and Lacan among others) that explore psychoanalysis’ inattention to this fundamental human concern. The readings are combined to form an overall critique of psychoanalysis – one that remains sympathetic but calls for a rethinking of the issue of death. In presenting a fresh and persuasive interpretation of the Freudian corpus, this book will be of interest to scholars of Freud’s thought and psychoanalysis, literary scholars, analysts, clinicians and to all those curious about death’s psychic life.
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