{"product_id":"9780631234135","title":"The Psychoanalytic Movement The Cunning of Unreason","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Psychoanalytic Movement\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Cunning of Unreason\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eErnest Gellner | Jose Brunner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Clinical Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Psychoanalytic Movement\u003c\/i\u003e explains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way in which the middle classes of the industrialized West speak about their emotions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains how the language of psychoanalysis became the dominant way for the industrialized West to speak about emotion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that although psychoanalysis offers an incisive picture of human nature, it provides untestable operational definitions and makes unsubstantiated claims concerning its therapeutic efficacy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new foreword by Jose Brunner that expands on the central argument of the book and argues that Gellner and Freud might be seen as kindred spirits.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eErnest Gellner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1925, and was educated in Prague and England. He was professor of philosophy and sociology at the London School of Economics from 1949 to 1984. In 1984 he became the William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNations and Nationalism \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell Publishers, 1983), \u003ci\u003eAnthropology and Politics \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell Publishers, 1996), and \u003ci\u003eEncounters with Nationalism \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell Publishers, 1995). Dr Gellner died in 1995.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 February 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631234135\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379814854796,"sku":"9780631234135","price":49.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631234135_d7269b69-d61a-4c2d-b2a1-c732fcc62503.jpg?v=1780203132","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631234135","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}