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The Psychoanalytic Movement : The Cunning of Unreason

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780631234135
  • ISBN-10: 0631234136
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • Publish Date: January 2003
  • Dimensions: 8.36 x 6.44 x 0.76 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
  • Page Count: 254

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