Bridger, Alexander J.

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University of Huddersfield RepositoryBridger, Alexander J.Psychology After Lacan: Connecting the clinic and researchOriginal CitationBridger, Alexander J. (2015) Psychology After Lacan: Connecting the clinic and research. The psychologist, 28. ISSN 0952-8229 This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/24683/The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of theUniversity, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the itemson this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners.Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generallycan be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in anyformat or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profitpurposes without prior permission or charge, provided:• The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy;• A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and• The content is not changed in any way.For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, pleasecontact the Repository Team at: E.mailbox@hud.ac.uk.http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/  Book ref no: 2266 Name and affiliation: Dr. Alexander John Bridger, Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield My suggested headline: Lacan, anti-psychologies and revolution Publication title: Psychology After Lacan: Connecting the clinic and research Author: Ian Parker Publication: Routledge Year of publication: 2014 Paperback price: £22.69  Psychology after Lacan: Connecting the clinic to research is the sixth and final book in Ian Parker's Psychology after critique series. This particular book brings together key papers on Lacanian analysis from Parker's career to date. This book also includes a foreword to the book series by distinguished critical scholar, Rom Harré. At the start of each chapter there is also a short summary and reflection of those respective papers. The introduction chapter situates the ‘crisis’ debates in psychology in relation to the turn to psychoanalysis by various critical psychologists. In the other book chapters, he discusses core ideas and questions such as: why a Lacanian approach could be considered as ‘anti-psychological’, the idea of Lacan as a ‘barred psychologist’, discussion of the differences and similarities between Skinnerian and Lacanian approaches and finally, concluding with a Lacanian interpretation of how cyberspace can be considered as representing some of the ‘dirtiest secrets of contemporary capitalism’ (Parker, 2014; 106). I found this book to be really interesting and thought provoking as it raises key questions that we should be considering, whether we position ourselves as psychologists, critical psychologists, psychoanalysts or with respect to any other disciplinary affiliations or commitments to vaarious groups and collectives. This book would also be recommended to second and final year undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars in psychology, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and psychosocial studies.   

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