The Importance of Disappointment by Ian Craib
Written by a trained sociologist and psychoanalsyt.
Craib is author of the standard books on social theory (1992) and psychoanalysis and social therapy (1989) - both published by Harvester, see below.
The Importance of Disappointment
Summary
This book explores the nature of identity in late modern society, arguing that new possibilities of living, such as 'personal growth', are in fact illusions. This is shown by examining modern theories of death and ideas of masculinity.
The Importance of Disappointment Summary
About Ian Craib
Ian Craib is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex and a psychoanalytic group psychotherapist.
Table of Contents
1. Cutting Out Gingerbread People 2. The Organisation of Mourning 3. Psychoanalysis as the Theory of Disappointment 4. Looking on the Bright Side 5. The Organisation of Social Life 6. The Fragmentation of Everyday Life 7. The Powerful Self and Its Illusions 8. The Disappointments of Identity: What Sort of Man 9. The False Self of Late Modernity 10. The Disappointed Self 11. The Values of Psychoanalysis
Additional information
GOR011212057
9780415093835
041509383X
The Importance of Disappointment by Ian Craib
Used - Like New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19940922
216
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