Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis: From the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Critique - Paperback

by Jon Mills (Editor), Daniel Burston (Editor)

Critical theory has traditionally been interested in engaging classical psychoanalysis rather than addressing postclassical thought. For the first time, this volume brings critical theory into proper dialogue with modern developments in the psychoanalytic movement and covers a broad range of topics in contemporary society that revisit the Frankfurt School and its contributions to psychoanalytic social critique.

Theoretical, clinical, and applied investigations in social pathology are explored in relation to new directions in critical cultural discourse from a variety of psychoanalytic perspectives. In this volume, internationally acclaimed social political theorists, philosophers, psychoanalysts, cultural critics, and scholars of humanities examine contemporary issues in social critique that address a myriad of topics.

Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis will be of interest to philosophers, psychoanalysts, political scientists, cultural theorists, sociologists, psychologists, religious studies, academe, and those generally interested in the humanities and social sciences.

Author Biography

Jon Mills, PsyD, PhD, ABPP, is a Canadian philosopher and psychoanalyst. He is an honorary professor, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK, and is on faculty in the postgraduate programs in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, Adelphi University, and the New School for Existential Psychoanalysis, USA.

Daniel Burston, PhD, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and the author of numerous books and journal articles on psychoanalysis and critical theory. His most recent book is titled Anti-Semitism and Analytical Psychology: Jung, Politics and Culture (Routledge, 2021).