by Élisabeth Roudinesco · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782080800190
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«Pourquoi la psychanalyse ?» is the philosophy essay by Élisabeth Roudinesco, published by Flammarion in paperback (198 pages, in French).
The author defends the relevance of psychoanalysis in a «depressive society» that relies on psychotropic drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft or Viagra. They relieve symptoms but do not solve the subject's real problems. Against the culture of efficiency, Roudinesco argues that the talking cure preserves human freedom and the power of language.
It belongs to the Champs collection from Flammarion (no. 488). This French edition was published on 31 August 2001.
For readers interested in psychoanalysis and philosophy, as well as in the critique of the medicalisation of distress.
Élisabeth Roudinesco is a French scholar, historian and psychoanalyst. She conducts a seminar on the history of psychoanalysis at the École Normale Supérieure.
