'If we are interested in understanding and challenging the oppression of women, we cannot afford to neglect psychoanalysis." 'If we are interested in understanding and challenging the oppression of women, we cannot afford to neglect psychoanalysis."

Psychoanalysis and Feminism is a profound and groundbreaking challenge to the entrenched belief that Freud was the enemy. Rather, Mitchell argued that a rejection of psychoanalysis as bourgeois and patriarchal was fatal for feminism. However, it may have been used, she pointed out, psychoanalysis is not a recommendation for a patriarchal society, but rather an analysis of one.

Original and provocative, this book remains an essential component of the feminist canon and a radical re-evaluation of psychoanalytic theory.

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Juliet Mitchell FBA is Emeritus Professor at the universities of Cambridge and London, and the Founder Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge. Her books include Women: The Longest Revolution, Woman’s Estate, Mad Men and Medusas, Siblings: Sex and Violence*, and, most recently, Fratriarchy*.

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Psychoanalysis and Feminism presents a profound and groundbreaking case for Freud’s writing as an indispensable part of feminist thought. As Juliet Mitchell argues, if we are truly interested in understanding and challenging women’s oppression, we cannot ignore psychoanalysis.

Original and provocative, Mitchell’s book remains an essential addition to the feminist canon and a radical re-evaluation of psychoanalytic theory.