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Rage and Creativity: How Feminism Sparked Psychoanalysis, Paperback/Lucille Spira

Rage and Creativity: How Feminism Sparked Psychoanalysis , (IPBooks), edited by Lucille Spira , with a major essay by Arlene Kramer Richards, celebrates the interplay between the ideals of second wave feminism and the principles of psychoanalysis. This lead off essay is followed by discussions from feminist psychoanalytic thinkers-women and men -conversing about the essay, gender, race, psychoanalysis and feminism. Among the contributors are: Rosemary Balsam, Sandra Cohen, Nancy Goodman, Dorothy E. Holmes, Nancy Kulish, Merle Molofsky, the Novicks, Jeffrey Stern and others who share their ideas and, in some cases, personal stories about how the convergence of feminism and psychoanalysis impacted both psychoanalysis and their overall psychology.