{"product_id":"freud-the-theory-of-the-unconscious-9781781688946","title":"Freud: The Theory of the Unconscious","description":"\u003cb\u003eA clearly written and highly organized introduction of the work of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Octave Mannoni worked in France, Madagascar and Africa throughout the twentieth century to extend Lacanian psychoanalytical methods into the field of ethnology. He is best known for his research into the psychic repercussions of colonialism's constitutive elements: the domination of a mass by a minority, economic exploitation, paternalism and racialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreud: The Theory of the Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-crafted and concise introduction to the life, work and theories of psychoanalysis' founder. Mannoni draws on the perspective provided by his Lacanian work on colonialism to provide a unique intellectual biography of Freud, tracing the genesis and development of various key psychoanalytical concepts. Mannoni provides a critical account of the various shortcomings in Freud's work, as well as its strengths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781688946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Octave Mannoni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166146494645,"sku":"9781781688946","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_24bcbb33-f46e-447f-bf9d-bddd5f0d9aa2.jpg?v=1696921248","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/freud-the-theory-of-the-unconscious-9781781688946","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}