Description: Managed Lives : Psychoanalysis, Inner Security and the Social Order, Hardcover by Groarke, Steven, ISBN 0415692199, ISBN-13 9780415692199, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "An inherent tension exists in the history of psychoanalysis and its applications between the concepts of freedom and security. In Managed Lives, this tension is explored from the point of view of therapeutic experience. Set against the background of Freud's contested legacy, th examines ways of managing oneself under psychiatric supervision, in the analytic encounter and in the emotional and moral contexts of everyday a series of detailed case studies Steven Groarke addresses therapeutic experience as a formation of managed society, examining the work of Donald Winnicott on types of management, Colin Murray Parkes on bereavement and Anthony Giddens on the sociological appropriation of psychoanalysis. Managed Lives forms an original critical analysis of contemporary managerial culture and its self-reflexive project as well as presenting the idea of management as a source of inner security and vital morality. Presented in three parts, th addresses:The Criterion of MaturityThe Reflexive NormThe Managed SocietyTogether, th's arguments provide a fresh and challenging perspective on post-Freudian uses of faith, the risks of critical rationality and the difficulties of living an ethical life under modern conditions. Managed Livesis ideal for academics and research students working on psychoanalytic studies, social theory and mental health studies as well as students and trainees taking courses in psychotherapy, counselling, social work and health and social care"--
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Book Title: Managed Lives : Psychoanalysis, Inner Security and the Social Ord
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Managed Lives: Psychoanalysis, Inner Security and the Social Order : Psychoanalysis and the Administrative Task
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Social, Movements / Psychoanalysis, Sociology / General, Mental Health, Self-Management / General
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 6.1 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology
Author: Steven Groarke
Item Width: 9.2 in
Format: Hardcover
