ABSTRACT

This book traces the intellectual history of the interaction between feminists and Freudian thought, charting the essence of psychoanalytic theories through the years to show specific notions were adapted, readapted, and discarded by successive generations of feminists.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|20 pages

The Early Freudians’ Views of Women

chapter 2|18 pages

The Freudian Feminists Cross the Atlantic

chapter 4|21 pages

Feminists’ Views of Freud in the 1970s

chapter 5|23 pages

Jacques Lacan and French Feminism

chapter 7|18 pages

Feminism in Germany

chapter 8|26 pages

Postmodern Feminism in America

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion