Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Their Experience of Desire, Ambition and Leadership

The book Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Their Experience of Desire, Ambition, and Leadership, which is a 2020 Gradiva Award Nominee for Best Edited Book, explores how these factors can be understood, nurtured, or thwarted and their impact on women's identity, authority, and satisfaction. It argues that psychoanalytic theory and practice must evolve to maintain its relevance in a volatile landscape and offers a unique perspective built on decades of scholarship, personal experience, and clinical expertise. Contributors include Rosemary Balsam, Brenda Bauer, Andrea Celenza, Diane Elise, Adrienne Harris, Dorothy Holmes, Nancy Kulish, Vivian Pendar, Dionne Powell, and Arlene Richards.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 17 April 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Their Experience of Desire, Ambition, and Leadership is a groundbreaking work that delves into the complex interplay of factors that shape women's identity, authority, and satisfaction. As a 2020 Gradiva Award nominee for Best Edited Book, this esteemed publication offers a comprehensive exploration of how these elements can be understood, nurtured, or thwarted, and their subsequent impact on women's lives.

Psychoanalysis has long grappled with its ideas about women, their roles, and the ways in which to work with and respect their desires. This book argues that psychoanalytic theory and practice must evolve to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. Each section of the book begins with a chapter that reviews contemporary ideas about women, as well as psychoanalytic history, gender bias, and societal norms and deficits. Three composite clinical stories allow our distinguished contributors to discuss the contexts within which individual experience can be affected, and the role that clinical work may play in mobilizing and advancing passion and vitality.

In their discussions, the interplay of clinical psychoanalysis, sociopolitical context, and understanding of gender combines to offer a unique perspective, built on decades of scholarship, personal experience, and clinical expertise. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Their Experience of Desire, Ambition, and Leadership will serve as a valuable resource for all psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, as well as gender studies scholars interested in the progress of psychoanalytic theory regarding women in the 21st century.

Contributors to this book include:

Rosemary Balsam, Brenda Bauer, Andrea Celenza, Diane Elise, Adrienne Harris, Dorothy Holmes, Nancy Kulish, Vivian Pendar, Dionne Powell, and Arlene Richards.

This comprehensive work sheds light on the complex dynamics that shape women's lives, providing valuable insights and perspectives that will undoubtedly contribute to the ongoing dialogue on gender equality and social justice.

Weight: 318g
Dimension: 232 x 156 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138842687