Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon: Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory - Hardcover

by Amber M. Trotter (Author)

In Psychoanalysis as a Subversive Phenomenon: Social Change, Virtue Ethics, and Analytic Theory, Amber M. Trotter examines the radical sociopolitical roots of psychoanalysis and contends that psychoanalytic practices can and should be used to promote social change today. Trotter illustrates how analytic theory and practice could function subversively in contemporary American culture. This book is recommended for students and scholars of psychology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, and philosophy.

Author Biography

Amber M. Trotter, PsyD, is private practitioner in Healdsburg and San Francisco and teacher at the California Institute of Integral Studies.