{"product_id":"reading-freuds-three-essays-on-philippe-van-haute-9780367364304","title":"Reading Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality: From Pleasure to the Object","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigmund Freud's 1905 \u003ci\u003eThree Essays on the Theory of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e is a founding text of psychoanalysis and yet it remains to a large extent an \"unknown\" text. In this book Freud's 1905 theory of sexuality is reconstructed in its historical context, its systematic outline, and its actual relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis reconstruction reveals a non-oedipal theory of sexuality defined in terms of autoerotic, non-objectal, physical-pleasurable activities originating from the \"drive\" and the excitability of erogenous zones. This book, consequently, not only calls for a reconsideration of the development of Freudian thinking and of the status of the Oedipus complex in psychoanalysis but also has a strong potential for supporting contemporary non-heteronormative theories of sexuality. It is as such that the 1905 edition of \u003cem\u003eThree Essays\u003c\/em\u003e becomes a highly relevant document in contemporary philosophical discussions of sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book also explores the inconsistencies and problems in the original theory of sexuality, notably the unresolved question of the transition from autoerotic infantile sexuality to objectal adult sexuality, as well as the theoretical and methodological shifts present in later editions of \u003cem\u003eThree Essays\u003c\/em\u003e. It will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and those with an academic interest in the history of psychoanalysis and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philippe Van Haute, Herman Westerink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367364301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367364304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Philippe Van Haute","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982826766591,"sku":"9780367364304","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb515a0f-8b84-4a52-b306-edc542b559fd.jpg?v=1683263229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-freuds-three-essays-on-philippe-van-haute-9780367364304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}