{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-psychoanalysis-9780745349602","title":"A People's History of Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An absolutely fascinating book\" - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLundimatin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A reminder of the discipline's historical links with the struggle for emancipation and against social inequalities\" - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrance Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It has been decades since Freud fell out of favor, not only in mainstream psychiatry but also in radical thought, where both he and Lacan were accused of sexist and class biases. \u003ci\u003eA People's History of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e refuses to accept this growing depoliticization of a formerly revolutionary field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Florent Gabarron-Garcia shatters the comfortable narrative of psychoanalysts as armchair theorists placidly interpreting family complexes sheltered in their consulting rooms. Recalling Freud's radical moments (such as his promotion of free clinics in Weimar Germany) and lesser-known figures including the Marxist Feminist psychoanalyst Marie Langer, his new history delves into how revolutionary ferment has cross-fertilized the exploration of the unconscious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA People's History of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e is for those who wish to resist the conformist, therapist-centered, and repressive management of madness under contemporary capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorent Gabarron-Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychoanalyst, psychologist and doctor in psychopathology. He lectures at University Paris 8. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal \u003ci\u003eChimères\u003c\/i\u003e, founded by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. He currently lives in France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17363270\"\u003eFlorent Gabarron-Garcia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745349602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745349609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY026000\"\u003ePsychotherapy | Psychoanalysis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS054000\"\u003eSocial History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY015000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Florent Gabarron-Garcia is a psychoanalyst, psychologist and doctor in psychopathology. He lectures at University Paris 8. After teaching philosophy in high school, he trained in institutional analysis at the La Borde clinic, later working in the psychiatric hospital and in the CMPP. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal \u003ci\u003eChimères\u003c\/i\u003e, founded by Deleuze and Guattari. He currently lives in France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Shuli Branson is an anarchist writer, translator, editor, and teacher, currently living on unceded Lenape land (so-called New York). She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePractical Anarchism\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Pluto Books. Shuli translated\u003ci\u003e The Abolition of Prison\u003c\/i\u003e by Jacques Lesage de la Haye, and edited \u003ci\u003eSurviving the Future: Queer Abolitionist Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e. She hosts the podcast, The Breakup Theory, conversations on ending things and collective liberation, and is a member of the worker-writer collective CAW Journal. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48844821856493,"sku":"9780745349602","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f9b66d92-aaf7-425e-9138-4d24e44f73a5.jpg?v=1759930803","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-psychoanalysis-9780745349602","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}