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Author Schaeffer, Jacqueline.

Title The universal refusal : a psychoanalytic exploration of the feminine sphere and its repudiation / Jacqueline Schaeffer ; translated by David Alcorn.

Publication Info. London : Karnac Books, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 264 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Repudiating the feminine sphere (the sphinx and her forlorn soul) -- pt. 2. Preludes to the feminine sphere.
Summary Freud spoke of the "repudiation of femininity" as being an "underlying bedrock", part of the "enigma" of sexuality. The enigma is not so much the refusal of the feminine dimension as such; it has more to do with rejecting its erotic and genital aspects, as well as its creation through sexual ecstatic pleasure. Equality between the sexes is a legitimate demand in the political, social and economic spheres, but forming a masculine-feminine relationship as a couple is a creation of the mind, exalting the acknowledgement of the otherness which is part of the difference between the sexes. There is.
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Subject Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis.
Women -- Sexual behavior.
Women -- Sexual behavior.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Added Author Alcorn, David (Translator)
Other Form: Print version: Universal Refusal. Karnac Books 2011 9781855758438 (OCoLC)692290739
ISBN 9781849408929 (electronic book)
1849408920 (electronic book)
1283118580
9781283118583
9781855758438
1855758431