{"product_id":"9781666953725","title":"Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Authenticating","description":"\u003ch3\u003eExperiments\/On the Political\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Politics of Authenticating\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard Ekins | Robert Porter\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Ekins and Robert Porter examine how psychoanalytic traditions are constructed, contested, and sustained within the Basic Socio Political Process of Authenticity, the organizing principle of the book's theoretical movement. Drawing on grounded theory, symbolic interactionism, and decades of clinical, sociological, and archival work, \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Politics of Authenticating\u003c\/i\u003e follows the trajectory of authenticating from Freud's original constructions through the Freud–Klein controversies (1941-1945), the Controversial Discussions (1942-1944), and its long aftermath in the British Psychoanalytical Society. This argues that authenticity in psychoanalysis is best understood in terms of standpoint, especially the distinctions of being\/becoming and center\/periphery, tracing how these all shape the development of psychoanalytic ideas and institutions. \u003cbr\u003ePart I offers a memoir based analytic autoethnography that provides the experiential ground from which the later analysis emerges. Part II develops a comparative substantive grounded theory of authenticity, examining how psychoanalytic knowledge is constructed, reconstructed, credentialed, adopted, applied, and adapted across historical and institutional contexts. \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Politics of Authenticating\u003c\/i\u003e shows how different figures return to Freud's early foundations in divergent ways, illuminating the politics of “authentic” Freudianism and its possible futures. Combining methodological clarity with lived experience, it reframes psychoanalysis as a dynamic field whose traditions arise within authenticity struggles rather than from doctrinal unity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666953725\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976396955788,"sku":"9781666953725","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666953725","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}