{"product_id":"9781509531714","title":"The Telemachus Complex Parents and Children after the Decline of the Father","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Telemachus Complex\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eParents and Children after the Decline of the Father\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMassimo Recalcati | Alice Kilgarriff\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Gender Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFatherhood today is in crisis. Fathers have gone missing, or have become their children’s playmates, and the symbolic authority of the father has lost its power. What remains of the father today in the wake of this decline, and what should the relation between children and parents now be? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addressing these questions, Massimo Recalcati draws inspiration from the story of Telemachus in Homer’s \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. The Telemachus complex is the reverse of the Oedipus complex. Recalcati argues that children are possessed not just with a desire to annihilate their father, as their key rival in the contest to win the mother’s love, but also with a longing for a father-figure, as someone who brings meaning, structure and order to their lives and who imbues them with a sense of the future. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fresh and insightful account of the changing relations between parents and children in the era of the decline of the father will be of great interest to a wide general readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMassimo Recalcati\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychoanalyst who teaches at the universities of Pavia and Verona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 November 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509531714\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378609680524,"sku":"9781509531714","price":58.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509531714_a8180582-1018-4334-b41d-fea225c78b1e.jpg?v=1780241054","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509531714","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}