Psychoanalysis and the family in twentieth-century France (eBook)

Francoise Dolto and her legacy

Richard Bates (Autor)

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2022
280 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5961-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Francoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
• Zusatzinfo: 8 black & white illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Schlagworte: Autism • Child Psychology • Françoise Dolto • Gender • Jacques Lacan • la Maison Verte • Psychoanalysis • Radio Communication • René Laforgue • Sex Education
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-5961-9 / 1526159619
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-5961-8 / 9781526159618