Where Sex Was, There Shall Gender Be? the Dialectics of Psychoanalytic Gender Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9231593
AutoresJames Hansell (Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen80
Número1
Páginas55-72
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.2167-4086.2011.tb00077.x
PMID21387999
OpenAlexW2008844088
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas16

Psychoanalytic theories of gender identity have come a long way since Freud. The author reviews two dialectics that have shaped psychoanalytic gender theory thus far: first, the tension between theories that emphasize biological versus sociocultural influences on gender, and second, the dialectic between nomothetic (i.e., universalizing) and idiographic (i.e., focusing on individual variation) approaches. The author argues that psychoanalytic gender theory could be further enriched with more attention to two additional dialectics. One involves the so-called gender binary and the relative focus on cultural versus developmental aspects of the binary; a second involves the relationship between gender identity and desire. Attention to these dialectics can help better integrate theoretical and clinical perspectives on gender identity

Aesthetics · Dialectic · Epistemology · Gender identity · Gender psychology · Identity (music) · Nomothetic and idiographic · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology