Deconstructing Normativity?: Re-Reading Freud's 1905 Three Essays

Editor : Philippe Van Haute, Editor : Herman Westerink

Deconstructing Normativity?: Re-Reading Freud's 1905 <i>Three Essays</i>

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2017
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 152
  • Category :
    Psychoanalysis
  • Catalogue No : 40009
  • ISBN 13 : 9781138232594
  • ISBN 10 : 1138232599

Also by Philippe Van Haute

Also by Herman Westerink

Paperback
£46.99
Usually despatched within 4-5 working days
Free UK Delivery over £25
Add to basket
Add to wishlist

There are currently no reviews
Be the first to review

Leave a review

Deconstructing Normativity? brings together a unique collection of chapters in which an international selection of contributors reflect on the fundamental and often very radical ideas present in Freud's original 1905 edition of the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. The book has three aims: the contextualization of the text, the reconstruction of its central ideas, and the further philosophical reflection of the contemporary relevance and critical potential of the 1905 edition. The authors challenge mainstream interpretations of the Three Essays, generally based on readings of the final 1924 edition of the text, and of the development of Freudian thought: including, most importantly, the centrality of the Oedipus complex and the developmental approach relative to a tendency towards heteronormativity.

Deconstructing Normativity? makes an important contribution in rethinking Freudian psychoanalysis and reopening the discussion on its central paradigms, and in so doing it connects with queer and gender theories and philosophical approaches. This book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts in practice and training, as well as academics and students of psychoanalysis, philosophical anthropology, continental philosophy, sex, gender and sexualities.

About the Editor(s)

Philippe Van Haute is Professor for Philosophical Anthropology at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Extraordinary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has published extensively on the relation between psychoanalysis and philosophy.

More titles by Philippe Van Haute

Herman Westerink is Associate Professor for Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Extraordinary Professor at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He has published many books and articles on Freudian psychoanalysis, sexuality and religion.

More titles by Herman Westerink

Customer Reviews

Our customers have not yet reviewed this title. Be the first add your own review for this title.

You may also like

Who Am I? Exploring Identity through Sexuality, Politics, and Art

Who Am I? Exploring Identity through Sexuality, Politics, and Art

Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres

Price £26.99

save £3.00

Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 1991–2024

Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 1991–2024

Christopher Bollas

Price £35.99

save £4.00

The Joy of Torment: Understanding and Managing Sadomasochism

The Joy of Torment: Understanding and Managing Sadomasochism

Salman Akhtar

Price £28.79

save £7.20

Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 1974–1990

Streams of Consciousness: Notebooks 1974–1990

Christopher Bollas

Price £35.99

save £4.00

Sign up for our new titles email   Sign up to our postal mailing list   Sign up for postal updates