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1. Fusion or Omnipotence? A DialogueIn Amy Allen & Brian O'Connor (eds.), Transitional Subjects: Critical Theory and Object Relations, Columbia University Press. pp. 23-50. 2019.
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27. PsychoanalysisIn Hauke Brunkhorst, Regina Kreide & Cristina Lafont (eds.), The Habermas handbook, Columbia University Press. pp. 64-70. 2018.
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36Michel Foucault: a Marcusean in Structuralist ClothingThesis Eleven 71 (1): 52-70. 2002.Foucault's rejection of the repressive hypothesis is generally taken as a critique of Freud. Its real target is, however, the left Freudian tradition, which received its paradigmatic articulation in the work of Herbert Marcuse. Marcuse sought to show that the conflict between the repressive demands of civilization and instinctual desires of the individual didn't represent a transhistorical state of affairs, as Freud maintained. He argues, rather, that it represents a particular historical conste…Read more
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32Perversion and Utopia: A Study in Psychoanalysis and Critical TheoryMIT Press. 1996.Itexpands on these books, however, because of the author's remarkable grasp not only of psychoanalyticstudies but also of the contemporary critical climate; Whitebook, a philosopher and a psychoanalyst,writes with equal facility on both ...
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25Misuse of Winnicott: On Axel Honneth's appropriation of psychoanalysisConstellations 28 (3): 306-321. 2021.Constellations, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 306-321, September 2021.
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Fantasy and critique: some thoughts on Freud and the Frankfurt SchoolIn David M. Rasmussen (ed.), Handbook of Critical Theory, Blackwell. pp. 87--304. 1996.
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33Autonomy and Redemption: Reply to Gonzales, Breines and WolinTelos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1986 (69): 146-157. 1986.My intention in writing “The Politics of Redemption” (Telos #63) — which was admittedly polemical and therefore somewhat overstated — was in part to stimulate theoretical controversy within me journal. It seemed at the time that Telos was suffering from stagnation camouflaged by animated political debates, and that an open and even heated discussion of basic theoretical issues might prove healthy and productive. I was therefore pleased to see the responses to my article and welcome the opportuni…Read more
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14Saving the Subject: Modernity and the Problem of the Autonomous IndividualTelos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1981 (50): 79-102. 1981.
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4Freud: An Intellectual BiographyCambridge University Press. 2017.The life and work of Sigmund Freud continue to fascinate general and professional readers alike. Joel Whitebook here presents the first major biography of Freud since the last century, taking into account recent developments in psychoanalytic theory and practice, gender studies, philosophy, cultural theory, and more. Offering a radically new portrait of the creator of psychoanalysis, this book explores the man in all his complexity alongside an interpretation of his theories that cuts through th…Read more
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27The Politics of RedemptionTélos 1985 (63): 156-168. 1985.Now that the more overtly political controversies of the recent past have subsided in Telos, it is possible to examine the deeper theoretical issues that lie behind them. Despite the importance of the manifest political content of those controversies — and they were indeed important — it is my contention that the fractiousness of the discussion can only be accounted for in terms of the underlying theoretical situation. What was in fact happening with those debates was that the old theoretical- p…Read more
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34Requiem for a Selbstdenker: Cornelius Castoriadis (1992-1997)Constellations 5 (2): 141-160. 1998.
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6The Problem of Nature in HabermasTelos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1979 (40): 41-69. 1979.
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80Freud, Foucault and 'the dialogue with unreason'Philosophy and Social Criticism 25 (6): 29-66. 1999.The standard interpretations of Foucault's intellectual biography usually present Sartre as his major adversary. Though it would be difficult to underestimate the importance of Sartre for Foucault's development, this paper argues that Foucault was involved in an even more intense and deeper contest with Freud. Indeed, Freud was Foucault's principal adversary and, throughout his career, Foucault was trying to formulate a counter-project to psychoanalysis. The author attempts to demonstrate this c…Read more
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86Omnipotence or Fusion? A Conversation between Axel Honneth and Joel WhitebookConstellations 23 (2): 170-179. 2016.
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32Crossroads in the LabyrinthTelos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1985 (63): 228-239. 1985.D'Amico's review of Castoriadis' Crossroads in the Labyrinth (Telos, 60) can be taken as a negative example of one of the book's central theses: namely, that there exists an intimate connection between sublimation and truth. In D'Amico's case, there is little of either. One is struck by the vehemence of the attack and wonders about the source of its unmediated anger. I am usually reluctant to make psychologizing arguments in public controversies. However, in this case, I feel justified in assert…Read more
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2The marriage of Marx and Freud: Critical Theory and psychoanalysisIn Fred Leland Rush (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Critical Theory, Cambridge University Press. pp. 74--102. 2004.
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