Jessica Benjamin | |
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 Psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin, at the Freud Memorial Lecture in Vienna, May 2008 | |
| Born | 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Frankfurt New York University |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Psychoanalysis, feminism |
| Notable works | The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and the Problem of Domination, Like Subjects, Love Objects: Essays on Recognition and Sexual Difference, Shadow of the Other: Intersubjectivity and Gender in Psychoanalysis |
| Notable ideas | Intersubjectivity |
Jessica Benjamin is a psychoanalyst known for her contributions to psychoanalysis and social thought. She is currently a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City where she is on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Psychology Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy,[1] and the Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies.[2] Jessica Benjamin is one of the original contributors to the fields of relational psychoanalysis, theories of intersubjectivity, and gender studies and feminism as it relates to psychoanalysis and society.[3][4] She is known for her ideas about recognition in both human development and the sociopolitical arena.
- ^ Jessica Benjamin, New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University (accessed September 8, 2008).
- ^ "Introductory Program". Stephen Mitchell Center. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ Rozmarin, Eyal. "The Bonds of Love, Revisited". Routledge. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2014.