Gender and Desire: Uncursing Pandora (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology) [Hardcover]

Polly Young-Eisendrath (Author), David H. Rosen (Foreword)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Young-Eisendrath has contributed a necessary corective to our field. . . ."--Journal of Analytical Psychology

(David Tacey Journal of Analytical Psychology 20100401)

"First of all, Dr. Young-Eisendrath has performed a much needed task, that of bringing Jungian psychology and various post-modern forms of discourse, including feminism, into dialogue with each other. She helpfully locates Jung as a modernist and something of a realist, contextualizing him philosophically. This move could clarify problems Jung''s critics have with him. She then contextualizes our understandings of gender. Finally, in a synthesis, she melds a `post-modern'' analytical psychology with a post-modern understanding of gender. Perhaps the most helpful part, to my mind, is her demonstration of how women are shaped to perceive themselves as objects of desire, rather than subjects of their own desire. All in all, this is a very sophisticated undertaking and a successful one."--Demaris S. Wehr, author of Jung & Feminism

(Demaris S. Wehr, Ph.D., author of Jung & Feminism )

About the Author

Polly Young-Eisendrath is a Jungian psychoanalyst and clinical associate professor in psychiatry, Medical College of the University of Vermont. She has written and lectured extensively in the area of psychotherapy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890967466
• ISBN-13: 978-0890967461
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #570,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)