{"product_id":"managed-lives-steven-groarke-9780415692199","title":"Managed Lives: Psychoanalysis, inner security and the social order: Psychoanalysis and the Administrative Task","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn inherent tension exists in the history of psychoanalysis and its applications between the concepts of freedom and security. In \u003ci\u003eManaged Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, this tension is explored from the point of view of therapeutic experience. Set against the background of Freud's contested legacy, the book examines ways of managing oneself under psychiatric supervision, in the analytic encounter and in the emotional and moral contexts of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a series of detailed case studies \u003cb\u003eSteven Groarke\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eManaged Lives \u003c\/i\u003eforms 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, the book addresses: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Criterion of Maturity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reflexive Norm\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Managed Society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether, the book'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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaged Lives is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Groarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415692199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415692199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Steven Groarke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153005818111,"sku":"9780415692199","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba1c9ffb-a363-4d9f-a874-c19ee8235deb.jpg?v=1770780652","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managed-lives-steven-groarke-9780415692199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}