Freud, Psychoanalysis, Social Theory

Fred Weinstein is Professor Emeritus of History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of several books including History and Theory After the Fall: An Essay on Interpretation.

• Preface Introduction 1. Loss and Affect in Psychoanalysis 2. Cognitive Issues in Psychoanalysis 3. Obstacles to Theory and Practice in Psychoanalysis 4. The Fragmentation of Psychoanalysis 5. The Lessons for Social Theory Notes Index

"This is an extraordinary achievement. Weinstein has taken on the entire promise of the social sciences... a truly colossal enterprise which he has pulled off in often dazzling ways. There is something of major intellectual importance on literally every page of this book." — Thomas J. Cottle, Boston University"A stimulating and important book that should command wide interest, not only among psychoanalysts and mental health professionals, but also in academia, particularly in the social sciences." — Peter Loewenberg, University of California, Los Angeles