{"product_id":"the-freudian-slip-psychoanalysis-and-textual-criticism-paperback","title":"The Freudian Slip: Psychoanalysis and Textual Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastiano Timpanaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePerry Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilology cross-examines Freud in this sustained critique of psychoanalysis and its foundational notion of the slip. Challenging virtually every account of linguistic error in Freud's work as arbitrary and constrained, Sebastiano Timpanaro advances an alternative picture keyed to the dynamics of \"banalization,\" \"disimprovement,\" and contextual play borrowed from the field of literary criticism. Underscored with a Marxist defense of science against the professed materialism of the psychoanalytic \"individual drama,\" Timpanaro's analysis demands a strong reassessment of the Freudian legacy and a renewed debate over its value for the Left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastiano Timpanaro\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Parma in 1923 and died in 2000. He studied classical philology at the University of Florence. His works include \u003ci\u003eOn Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreudian Slip\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as major studies of Leopardi and Edmondo De Amicis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerry Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eSpectrum, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, Considerations on Western Marxism, English Questions, The Origins of Postmodernity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Old World\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches history at UCLA and is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.78 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760177545504,"sku":"9781844676743","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/575f35712546396654537dc9f68f5d6a.webp?v=1780173677","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-freudian-slip-psychoanalysis-and-textual-criticism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}