{"title":"Carolyn Laubender","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection featuring works by the insightful Carolyn Laubender. Renowned for her deep dives into the intricate worlds of \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePsychology\u003c\/em\u003e, Laubender's writings offer a unique blend of scholarly analysis and engaging prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer notable work, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Political Clinic\u003c\/strong\u003e, explores dynamic intersections between political structures and psychological processes. Laubender's examinations challenge readers to reconsider how personal and collective experiences shape our interactions with broader political environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for enthusiasts of thought-provoking literature, Carolyn Laubender's books serve as a vital resource for both seasoned scholars and curious newcomers seeking to expand their understanding of complex philosophical and psychological themes. Dive into her collection and embark on a journey through deep reflective inquiry today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-political-clinic-by-carolyn-laubender-9780231214957","title":"The Political Clinic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Political Clinic\u003c\/em\u003e by Carolyn Laubender is the Winner of the 2025 Book Prize of the American Psychoanalytic Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, psychoanalysis has provided essential concepts and methodologies for critical theory and the humanities and social sciences. But it is also, inseparably, a clinical practice and technique for treatment. In what ways is clinical practice significant for critical thought? What conceptual resources does the clinic hold for us today?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Laubender examines cases from Britain and its former colonies to show that clinical psychoanalytic practice constitutes a productive site for novel political thought, theorisation, and action. She delves into the clinical work of some of the British Psychoanalytic Society's most influential practitioners—including Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Wulf Sachs, D. W. Winnicott, Thomas Main, and John Bowlby—exploring how they developed distinctive and politically salient practices. Laubender argues that these figures transformed the clinic into a laboratory for reimagining race, gender, sexuality, childhood, nation, and democracy. By taking up the clinic as both a site of inquiry and realm of theoretical innovation, she traces how political concepts such as authority, reparation, colonialism, decolonisation, communalism, and security at once informed and were reformed by each analyst's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile psychoanalytic scholarship has typically focused on its intellectual, social, and political effects outside of the clinic, this interdisciplinary book combines history with feminist and decolonial social theory to recast the clinic as a necessarily politicised space. Challenging common assumptions that psychoanalytic practice is or should be neutral, apolitical, and objective, \u003cem\u003eThe Political Clinic\u003c\/em\u003e also considers what progressive clinical praxis can offer today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000806850796,"sku":"9780231214957","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8206273482270.jpg?v=1763306379"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/carolyn-laubender.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}