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Award-winning author of the novel *The Man of Memory* and co-author of the essay *Freud's Women*, Lisa Appignanesi returns to the themes of women and madness, which have always sparked her interest, in a fascinating study that helps unravel the enigmatic and often disturbing role of women in the understanding and treatment of mental disorders. *Sad, Mad, and Evil* is a book with a broad scope and an ambitious goal: to examine the history of the study of the female mind over the last two centuries. From Freud to Jung and the great advances in psychoanalysis to Lacan's construction of a modern movement and therapies centered on the new woman. After all, should a woman's mind be considered different from a man's? The premise is clear from the outset: Lisa Appignanesi doesn't see women as inherently sad, crazy, or evil, but rather questions why many mental disorders—hysteria, anorexia, multiple personality, even depression—are diagnosed more frequently in women than in men. Investigating the reasons, the author brings to life a series of exceptional women, symbols of their time, and their doctors and therapists, and explores how they did not always benefit from available treatments. Drawing on letters, diaries, and articles by feminist writers like Betty Friedan, psychologists like Melanie Klein, and psychiatrists like R.D. Laing, Appignanesi chronicles the evolution of the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in women. From the early 19th century, when mental disorders were often associated with possessions, to the present day, when official psychiatric manuals list some 350 mental disorders, the author takes us on a fascinating journey through the extraordinary and fragile human mind. \"This readable and well-researched book avoids easy answers.\" – Times Literary Supplement \"Fascinating and disturbing.\" – The New York Times \"A rigorous and intelligent study\" Observer","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159265034492,"sku":"9788501084255","price":119.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/4f4347558134af3d851e3362e4f0c945_f6af6074-022b-40ee-bac1-fdff4441a819.jpg?v=1778323585"},{"product_id":"as-mulheres-de-freud","title":"Freud's Women","description":"Analyzing one of his dreams in The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud refers to Rider Haggard's Her as \"a strange book, but full of hidden meaning,\" where the guide along the \"risky road that leads to a region as yet undiscovered\" is a woman. She becomes, for Freud, an allegory of his own dream book, his map of the noble and perilous route that leads to the unexplored realm of the unconscious. Women—relatives, friends, or patients—would be his compasses, and much more, throughout his life. In FREUD'S WOMEN, Lisa Appignanesi and John Forrester dissect the importance and influence of these women in the life of the father of psychoanalysis. Even after Freud's death, the fascination with these women only increased: Sabina Spielrein was the subject of two films and a play written by Christopher Hampton. Princess Marie Bonaparte, who so naturally transitioned from court to couch, was played by Catherine Deneuve. Books about early hysterics continue to be produced, often attacking Freud. FREUD'S WOMEN examines accusations that Freud was a misogynist, a conservative patriarch who saw women's primary function as serving the reproduction of the species. The authors also examine key women in Freud's family: his mother, his fiancée and wife, and his daughters. The Freud in question is son, lover, father—and dreamer. They trace the development of Freud's practice and theories through his collaboration with his patients, exposing Freud as physician, trailblazer, discoverer, and, above all, listener and narrator. Appignanesi and Forrester focus on the distinctive and singular women who became the first analysts in the circle of a friend and mentor, Freud, and recall Freud as a theorist of the feminine, the Freud of penis envy and the \"mythical\" vaginal orgasm. The authors also document several occasions when Freud's friendships and intimate relationships intertwined with analysis. FREUD'S WOMEN debates all these questions. The trajectory of these women, like Freud's own, is permeated with the exhilarating atmosphere of the early 20th century. Sometimes, what today seems to have been done with great certainty and awareness of the risks involved was actually the product of naiveté. But the modern adventure they embarked on, with all its suffering and turmoil, was what turned a prosaic and conventional era upside down. Our world is the result. Understanding these women helps us question our own convictions.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175393280252,"sku":"9788501079701","price":134.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/a2db5d6f556cb12b383f174b8e11eb14.jpg?v=1778316996"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/lisa-appignanesi.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}