Shadow of the Other: Intersubjectivity and Gender in Psychoanalysis

Shadow of the Other is a discussion of how the individual has two sorts of relationships with an "other"--other beings, other individuals. The first regards the other as an entirely different being from oneself, but one which is still recognizable. The second understands and recognizes this other by its function as a repository of characteristics cast from oneself.

In recognizing how this dual relationship is reconciled within the self, and its implications in male/female relations, Jessica Benjamin continues her exploration of intersubjectivity and gender, taking up questions of contemporary debates in feminist theory and psychoanalysis.

Author: Jessica Benjamin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/03/1997
Pages: 150
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.01w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9780415912372

About the Author

Jessica Benjamin is a psychoanalyst in New York City, where she is on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is the author of Bonds of Love (1988) and LikeObjects, Love Objects (1995).