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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      04 November 1999
      ISBN:
      9780511490088
      9780521650526
      9780521659567
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490088
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 300 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 300 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Psychology, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
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    In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights from discursive psychology, Billig suggests that in learning to speak we also learn what not to say: language is thus both expressive and repressive. He applies this perspective to some of Freud's classic case histories such as 'Dora' and the 'Rat Man' and the great psychologist's own life to show the importance of small words in speech. By focusing on previously overlooked exchanges, even Freud himself can be seen to be repressing. Freudian Repression also offers insights into the debate about recovered memories and the ideological background to psychoanalysis which will guarantee its interdisciplinary appeal to psychologists, language theorists, discourse analysts, students of psychoanalysis, literary studies and sociologists.

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