The Psychoanalytic Movement

The Cunning of Unreason

By: Ernest Gellner, Jose Brunner (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 17 January 2003 | Edition Number 3

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254 Pages

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The Psychoanalytic Movement explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way in which the middle classes of the industrialized West speak about their emotions. <ul> <li>Explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way for the industrialized West to speak about emotion. <li>Argues that although psychoanalysis offers an incisive picture of human nature, it provides untestable operational definitions and makes unsubstantiated claims concerning its therapeutic efficacy. <li>Includes new foreword by Jose Brunner that expands on the central argument of the book and argues that Gellner and Freud might be seen as kindred spirits.</li></ul>

Industry Reviews

?The Psychoanalytic Movement was recognized as a classic upon its publication. Jose Brunner's new introduction places the argument within the context of ?the Freud wars?, making it clear that the book was as concerned to explain the fabulous success of psychoanalysis as to debunk its pretensions. This may be Gellner's greatest book, containing as it does a general view of the history of philosophy and the character of modernity.? John A. Hall, McGill University

Previous praise for The Psychoanalytic Movement:

?A marvel? This is a brilliantly written book, every page sparkling with intelligence, style and substance. Gellner provides a welcome and literate overview of the latest philosophic controversy about the logical status of psychoanalytic propositions. Its every page instructs and enlivens and represents a tribute to humane intelligence.? New Statesman

?In a stylish, witty and deceptively readable book, Gellner exposes the secular religious nature of the psychoanalytic enterprise. He admits that a compelling, charismatic belief must possess more than merely the promise of succour in a plague and links with the background convictions of the age.? Nature

?This is the first determined effort to account for a very odd historical and sociological phenomenon in realistic and meaningful terms?and it makes very good sense. Gellner is incisive, agreeable to read and often witty.? Institute of Psychiatry Journal

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