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Edith Kurzweil

Bio: Edith Kurzweil is an academic researcher from Rutgers University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Unconscious mind & Scientism. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 813 citations.

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TL;DR: In the psychoanalytic field, this article argued that American empiricism, behaviorism, psychology, scientism, and the American domination of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) are the most frequent French neurosis.
Abstract: Psychosis in its Relation to Personality, he has "reinterpreted" Freud, and has mercilessly attacked the medicalization of American psychoanalysis, American empiricism, behaviorism, psychology, scientism, and the American domination of the International Psychoanalytic Association. His sweeping challenges have frequently been nasty, personal; they range from theory to clinical practice, from culture to politics. In the tradition of Charcot and Janet, he has reinstated hysteria as the most frequent French neurosis;his dialectics between conscious and unconscious components of language have modernized Hegel; his literary forays have explored Don Quixote and Joyce; and his politics

7 citations


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TL;DR: The second in a series on the relevance of the modernist-postmodernist debate to organizational analysis, looks at the work of the late Michel Foucault as mentioned in this paper, which is seen as producing a whole series of problems for those brought up in an Anglo-American tradition of intellectual endeavour.
Abstract: This paper, the second in a series on the relevance of the modernist-postmodernist debate to organizational analysis, looks at the work of the late Michel Foucault. Whilst his work is seen as producing a whole series of problems for those brought up in an Anglo-American tradition of intellectual endeavour, it is maintained that his work is suggestive of alternative ways of approaching problems and ordering material. A three fold periodization of his work is suggested beginning with the 'archeaological' period, then attention is paid to the 'genealogical' period and finally, though less fixed and discernible, his concern for ethics is noted. Ideas and concepts drawn from all but the very last of his writings are then utilized in ways which might allow for a significant reordering in the theory of organizations, particularly in the debate concerning organizational heterogeneity versus homogeneity, the importance of 'total institutions', organizational control of sexuality and the role of new technologies in...

532 citations

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TL;DR: The author explores one approach to discourse analysis and examines how it offers possibilities for different ways of viewing health and health care practices, and raises questions as to whether discourse analysis is at the margins of qualitative research, whether that matters, and where discourse analysis might take those margins.
Abstract: Discourse analysis is a qualitative research approach that offers the potential to challenge our thinking about aspects of the reality of health and health care practice. In this article, the author explores one approach to discourse analysis and examines how it offers possibilities for different ways of viewing health and health care practices. She concludes by raising questions as to whether discourse analysis is at the margins of qualitative research, whether that matters, and where discourse analysis might take those margins.

418 citations

01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In semiotics, denotation and connotation are terms describing the relationship between the signifier and its signified, and an analytic distinction is made between two types of signifieds: a denotative signified and a connotative signifier as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Beyond its 'literal' meaning (its denotation), a particular word may have connotations: for instance, sexual connotations. 'Is there any such thing as a single entendre?' quipped the comic actor Kenneth Williams (we all know that 'a thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide', as the singer Melanie put it). In semiotics, denotation and connotation are terms describing the relationship between the signifier and its signified, and an analytic distinction is made between two types of signifieds: a denotative signified and a connotative signified. Meaning includes both denotation and connotation.

409 citations

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TL;DR: A postmodern analysis of public relations offers a new critical approach to public relations theory and practice and suggests that public relations should be freed from its narrow definition as organizational communication management as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A postmodern analysis of public relations offers a new critical approach to public relations theory and practice and suggests that public relations should be freed from its narrow definition as organizational communication management. Public relations can contribute to grassroots democracy through activism and radical politics. Postmodern public relations practitioners will be activists within organizations. Postmodernism further proposes that dissensus and dissymmetry offer more appropriate approaches to current public relations practices than seeking consensus and symmetry. Multidimensional research approaches will contribute to the liberatory possibilities of public relations and will help create a postmodern condition in the field.

324 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the Foucault's writings have given the debate over power yet another twist. But how useful is this novel conception of power to the study of politics? We can better understand the meaning of power in terms of power and its application in the analysis of politics.
Abstract: Michel Foucault's writings have given the debate over power yet another twist. But how useful is this novel conception of power to the study of politics? We can better understand Foucault's meaning...

295 citations