Men, Women, Passion and Power
Gender Issues in Psychotherapy
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:20th May '04
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This completely revised edition of Men, Women, Passion and Power offers a new critique of conventional notions of masculinity and femininity. Contemporary psychoanalytic debates about sexuality are explored, revealing how the cultural idealisation of men is replicated in theory and clinical practice.
Illustrated with use of detailed and vivid case material, this book demonstrates that it is only when the feminist perspective has been truly integrated into theory that the psychoanalytic project will realise its full radical potential. Subjects covered include:
* The power of female sexuality
* Race, class and sexuality
* The fragility of male sexual identity
* Envy between the sexes.
Marie Maguire argues that examining these issues and gaining an awareness of how our assumptions are influenced by social inequalities can enrich the psychotherapeutic process and result in a more balanced psychological relation between the sexes.
Men, Women, Passion and Power will be of great interest to psychotherapists, psychoanalytic practitioners and anyone with an interest in the integration of a feminist perspective into psychoanalytic theory.
'Marie Maguire brings a fresh and feminist perspective to the way psychoanalysis and its theoreticians have handled the basic issues of 'Men, Women, Passion and Power.'' - Self and Society
'Marie Maguire brings a fresh and feminist perspective to the way psychoanalysis and its theoreticians have handled the basic issues of 'Men, Women, Passion and Power.'' - Self and Society
`This book provides a most moving testimony to the often ignored session-to-session movement in patients' gendered experience of themselves... Marie Maguire eloquently conveys the complexity involved in current therapy debates...a most readable and timely book.' - Janet Sayers
`It is rare to encounter a book with such an accomplished integration of theory and practice in such a complex and important area.' - Stephen Frosh
`a useful resource for any therapeutic or counselling training, or discussion of psychotherapeutic practice, in which gender issues are so powerfully inscribed. It is clearly relevant for all `psychology of women' or women's studies courses that address mental health issues, and provides a succinct summary of a key set of debates.' - Feminism & Psychology
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ISBN: 9781583912669
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 440g
256 pages
2nd edition