Perversion Now!

Wright, Colin; Caine, Diana

Abstract

This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of ‘perversion’, which has undergone numerous profound changes in recent years. The book explores a wide range of issues, from changes in the psychoanalytic clinic, to transformations in the relationship between ‘transgression’ and the law; from the epistemic and diagnostic status of ‘perversion’ as a term, to the perverse turn in contemporary politics; from representations of perversion in cultural productions, to the interpretation of perverse cultural practices. Topical and controversial, academics and students of psychoanalysis, critical and cultural theory, and media studies will find this collection invaluable. In providing cutting edge theoretical debate, the book will also be attractive to practising and training psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.

Citation

Wright, C., & Caine, D. (2017). D. Caine, & C. Wright (Eds.), Perversion Now!. Palgrave Macmillan

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Acceptance Date: Jul 13, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 25, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 14, 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: The Palgrave Lacan Series
• ISBN: 978-3-319-47270-6
• Keywords: Jacques Lacan, Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, Perversion, Sexuality
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/857639
• Publisher URL: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319472706