PEP | Article - Lost Subjects, Contested Objects: Toward a Psychoanalytic Inquiry of Learning By Deborah Britzman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. 199 pp. After Education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and Psychoanalytic Histories of Learning By Deborah Britzman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. 214 pp.

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Introduction

Deborah Britzman's Gift to Psychoanalysis

Who Is Deborah Britzman?

Short Answer: An impassioned scholar who evocatively explores the relationship between psychoanalysis and education and confidently argues that we must turn to a study of the unconscious to better understand the process of learning.
Long Answer: See below.

Psychoanalytic readers may be unfamiliar with Britzman's prolific body of work because her books are usually shelved in the education section of the bookstore or library. And her articles, of which there are plenty, are most often found in education and philosophy journals.

In this essay, I will discuss Britzman's compelling ideas about the relationship between education and psychoanalysis, beginning with some key

PEP | Article - Lost Subjects, Contested Objects: Toward a Psychoanalytic Inquiry of Learning By Deborah Britzman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. 199 pp. After Education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and Psychoanalytic Histories of Learning By Deborah Britzman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. 214 pp. - Newcombe, Rachel