{"product_id":"9780691242439-on-the-couch","title":"On the Couch","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriters Analyze Sigmund Freud\u003cbr\u003eA collection of colourful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith original contributions by André Aciman • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Boxer •\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Jennifer Finney Boylan • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie Boyt • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Early • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsther Freud • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Gordon • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiri Hustvedt • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Kohler • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter D. Kramer • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Lynch • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaphne Merkin • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Michaelis • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Moody • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie Orbach • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Panek • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Pheby • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael S. Roth • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasey Schwartz • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Solms • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherry Turkle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. H. Auden described Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) as “a whole climate of opinion \/ Under whom we conduct our differing lives.” The controversial father of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Freud charted the human unconscious, brought us the talking cure, and wrote books that now rank among the classics of world literature. In \u003ci\u003eOn the Couch\u003c\/i\u003e, the great analyst is analyzed by some of today’s great writers and thinkers, who help us understand the man who has helped us understand ourselves as much, if not more, than anyone else, ever. The result is a fresh, multifaceted reassessment of Freud’s continuing relevance and influence on ideas, literature, culture, science, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, Colm Tóibín writes about Freud, World War I, Henry James, and Thomas Mann; Adam Gopnik explores Freud’s \u003ci\u003eCivilization and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e; Susie Orbach considers Freud’s “ordinary unhappiness” and D. W. Winnicott’s “good enough”; Jennifer Finney Boylan reflects on penis envy and gender identity; Peter Kramer describes how new science and drugs have revolutionized psychology since Freud; Susie Boyt, one of Freud’s great-granddaughters, spends the night at the Freud Museum in London; Siri Hustvedt examines Freud’s divided reception today; and there’s much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with insights, provocation, and humor, \u003ci\u003eOn the Couch\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original and nuanced portrait of Freud as a complex figure who, for all his flaws, forever changed how we see ourselves and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56071689437558,"sku":"9780691242439","price":25.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38959221.jpg?v=1765399092","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780691242439-on-the-couch","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}