The Phallus and the Mask: The Patriarchal Unconscious of Psychoanalysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788869771385)

Psychoanalysts of all schools have generally dismissed and sometimes openly disapproved feminism and its critique of male universalism. While other disciplines, like sociology and anthropology, have welcomed the contributions of feminist theory, psychoanalysis remains hindered by its own unconscious, which is patriarchal. This book wants to cast light on the unthought of Freudian and Lacanian theory by way of an analysis of the concept of femininity. The aim is to show how phallocentrism functions as a screen which obscures the real relations between the sexes, the meaning of desire and the understanding of sexual difference.



Author: Marina de Carneri
ISBN-10: 8869771385
ISBN-13: 9788869771385
Publisher: Mimesis
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2019
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d