Book contents
- Unseen City
- Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
- Unseen City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: “The Poverty of Philosophy” – A Critique of Psychoanalytic Knowledge and Power
- Part I London
- Part II Mumbai
- Part III New York
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Introduction: “The Poverty of Philosophy” – A Critique of Psychoanalytic Knowledge and Power
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 November 2021
Book contents
- Unseen City
- Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
- Unseen City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: “The Poverty of Philosophy” – A Critique of Psychoanalytic Knowledge and Power
- Part I London
- Part II Mumbai
- Part III New York
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
Introduction to the research claims and objectives of the work as a whole, paying attention to the fraught relationship between psychoanalysis, race, and poverty. A historical outline of the Freudian free clinic movement is used to examine the viability of an adapted psychoanalysis, with its components of free or low-fee therapy, community outreach, lay counselors, etc.
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- Unseen CityThe Psychic Lives of the Urban Poor, pp. 1 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021