Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition

<p>Originally published in 1999 <i>Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition</i> is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in understanding issues about the self and self-identity ideology and power sexual difference and gender. </p>