Psychoanalysis and the family in twentieth-century France: Françoise Dolto and her legacy
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Beteilige Person: Bates, Richard J. 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Manchester Manchester University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Studies in modern French and francophone history
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Abstract:In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Francoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism
Umfang:viii, 266 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781526159625