Longing for Nothingness
Author | : Andrew Stein |
Publisher | : Jason Aronson |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2010-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780765707253 |
ISBN-13 | : 076570725X |
Rating | : 4/5 (25X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Longing for Nothingness by : Andrew Stein
Download or read book Longing for Nothingness written by Andrew Stein and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longing for Nothingness demonstrates how conflict between a life and death drive structures desire and the formation of the symptom and how this conceptual framework can be used to treat men and women in the nursing home. In the process, Andrew Stein presents a surprising and novel reading of such important psychoanalytic thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, and Melanie Klein.