Freud’s Legacy in the Global Era presents a radically new perspective on Freud’s relevance today as a forerunner of the contemporary evolutionary neurosciences also steeped in the tradition of humanistic thought. Carlo Strenger shows how globalisation has produced new theoretical, practical and clinical issues for psychoanalysis, which can best be understood by drawing on influences from economics, sociology and philosophy.
Strenger’s lively case histories demonstrate a new psychoanalytic viewpoint engaged with surrounding scientific disciplines in an enriching interchange, and open to the fascinating cultural and social developments that shape patients’ reality, lives and concerns in a global era.
This book will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic and psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists and to all mental health professionals interested in the interaction of psychoanalysis and other disciplines from a global viewpoint as well as to lay readers keen to understand the complexity of globalized life.
Biography
Carlo Strenger serves as Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, is member of the Seminar for Existential Psychoanalysis in Zurich, the Scientific Board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation in Vienna and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Terrorism Studies, John Jay College, New York in addition to maintaining a part-time practice in existential psychoanalysis. Strenger is author of numerous books and papers that have been translated in many languages, and columnist for leading publications in English and German.
Carlo Strenger's Freud's Legacy in the Global Era fulfils its title elegantly: In sympathetically examining Sigmund Freud's complex legacy he reveals how our 21st century worldview has been shaped by Freud's narrative of what it means to be human. Strenger also shows us how complex such a legacy really is when we actually live in it. Elegantly written, superbly documented, this account is a most incisive book on our complex understanding of the world inherited from Freud’s Vienna and its reception. - Sander L. Gilman Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor Psychiatry, Emory University
"Freud’s Legacy in the Global Era is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of psychoanalysis. In this intellectual tour de force, Carlo Strenger provides a cogent analysis of the factors contributing to the contemporary marginalization of psychoanalysis and a compelling vision of how Freud’s legacy can evolve in ways that speak to the needs of the contemporary individual and have a profoundly important impact on the future of our culture. With his trademark combination of intellectual verve, clinical astuteness and broad interdisciplinary reach, Strenger has written a brilliant, thought provoking and remarkably engaging book for our times." - Jeremy D. Safran, Ph.D. Chair & Professor of Psychology, The New School for Social Research, Author of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Therapies
