Psychoanalysis, Feminism and the Future of Gender

The nine essays in this book explore the complex relationship between feminism and psychoanalysis and address broader questions of gender.

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Following the International Women's Year in 1975, a group of men and women met every month for a year at the home of psychoanalyst Edith Weigert to reflect on what was then called the "psychology of women". Recently, a few members of that original group, joined by several others, began a seminar on gender and psychoanalysis with the goal of re-examining old and new writings in feminism, psychoanalysis, and related fields. The nine essays in this book are a result of those discussions. Written by distinguished and varied contributors, they explore the complex relationship between feminism and psychoanalysis and address broader questions of gender.