Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The importance of repression; 3. Thinking, speaking and repressing; 4. Language, politeness and desire; 5. Oedipal desires and Oedipal parents; 6. Remembering to forget; 7. Words of unconscious love; 8. Repressing an oppressed identity; 9. Ideological implications; References; Index.

Promotional Information

This book presents a reinterpretation of Freud to show how language can be expressive and repressive.

Reviews

'This insightful book is well worth reading.' The Psychologist