The Male In Analysis

TESSA ADAMS Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Visiting Fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK ANASTASIOS GAITANIDIS Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Psychodynamic Counselling, University of Hertfordshire, UK; Associate Lecture in Counselling, Cambridge University, UK; and Visiting Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University of Kent, UK LARRY O'CONNELL Programme Co-ordinator of Psychodynamic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK MARTIN STANTON Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, UK and Visiting Professor at Roehampton University, UK

The analysis of masculine issues is increasingly seen as a key cultural and therapeutic concern. This book focuses on masculinity and male identity in the context of psychoanalysis. Individual chapters address the historical positioning of the male psyche, contemporary debates on what it is to be male and advocate a new model of masculinity.The analysis of masculine issues is increasingly seen as a key cultural and therapeutic concern. This book focuses on masculinity and male identity in the context of psychoanalysis. Individual chapters address the historical positioning of the male psyche, contemporary debates on what it is to be male and advocate a new model of masculinity.