*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Talking about this book? Use #Psy-complexInQuestion #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Psy-Complex in Question traces a series of key debates in and against the psy-complex through critical reviews of key texts over the last twenty-five years, with an emphasis on recent psychological, psychoanalytic and critical social theory contributions to how we think about human agency and subjectivity. The book also provides an accessible introduction to how psychoanalysis and social theory, with a particular focus on the work of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek, bears upon work carried out by a new generation of researchers. Ian Parker's book is written from the perspective of a critical insider to the discipline of psychology, psychoanalysis and social theory, and serves as a primer for those new to the ideas, as well as examples of how to write and how not to write a book review.
Psy-Complex in Question traces a series of key debates in and against the psy-complex through critical reviews of key texts over the last twenty-five years, with an emphasis on recent psychological...
Psy-Complex in Question traces a series of key debates in and against the psy-complex through critical reviews of key texts over the last twenty-five years, with an emphasis on recent psychological, psychoanalytic and critical social theory contributions to how we think about human agency and subjectivity. The book also provides an accessible introduction to how psychoanalysis and social theory, with a particular focus on the work of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek, bears upon work carried out by a new generation of researchers. Ian Parker's book is written from the perspective of a critical insider to the discipline of psychology, psychoanalysis and social theory, and serves as a primer for those new to the ideas, as well as examples of how to write and how not to write a book review.
Advance Praise
In each chapter, Parker offers us a model of the kind of critical engagement that turns a review into a dialogical contribution to debate. The book presents Parker’s characteristic take on the psy-complex, developed across time through disciplinary crossings and collegial exchange across a wide international range of contexts. It is a wonderful book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Discourse Unit and Ian Parker’s unique voice and sustained contribution to rethinking the intellectual psy-terrain. Professor Jill Bradbury, University of the Witwatersrand
In each chapter, Parker offers us a model of the kind of critical engagement that turns a review into a dialogical contribution to debate. The book presents Parker’s characteristic take on the...
In each chapter, Parker offers us a model of the kind of critical engagement that turns a review into a dialogical contribution to debate. The book presents Parker’s characteristic take on the psy-complex, developed across time through disciplinary crossings and collegial exchange across a wide international range of contexts. It is a wonderful book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Discourse Unit and Ian Parker’s unique voice and sustained contribution to rethinking the intellectual psy-terrain. Professor Jill Bradbury, University of the Witwatersrand
Not for the lay-psychologist, but this is a terrific collection of essays.
Was this review helpful?
Krystal Kavita J, Media/Journalist
In Psy-Complex in Question, Ian Parker's critical perspective takes a radical departure from psychoanalysis, by drawing on interdisciplinary material from social and political theory.
Was this review helpful?
Featured Reviews
Adam D, Librarian
Not for the lay-psychologist, but this is a terrific collection of essays.
Was this review helpful?
Krystal Kavita J, Media/Journalist
In Psy-Complex in Question, Ian Parker's critical perspective takes a radical departure from psychoanalysis, by drawing on interdisciplinary material from social and political theory.