The Cambridge University Centre for Gender Studies
She is a fellow professor of Psychoanalysis at the Jesus College, Cambridge and founded the Centre for Gender Studies at Cambridge University.[5] In 2010 she was appointed director of the Expanded Doctoral School in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Psychoanalysis Unit of University College London (UCL).[6]
Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Mitchell is best known for her book Psychoanalysis and Feminism: Freud, Reich, Laing and Women (1974),[7] in which she tried to reconcile psychoanalysis and feminism at a time when many considered them incompatible.[8]Peter Gay considered it "the most rewarding and responsible contribution"[9] to the feminist debate on Freud, both acknowledging and rising beyond Freud's male chauvinism in its analysis. Mitchell saw Freud's asymmetrical view of masculinity and femininity as reflecting the realities of patriarchal culture, and sought to use his critique of femininity to critique patriarchy itself.[10]
By insisting on the utility of Freud (particularly in a Lacanian reading) for feminism, she opened the way for further critical work on psychoanalysis and gender.[11] She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 1993 to 1999.[12]
Child-rearing
A substantial part of the thesis of Psychoanalysis and Feminism is that Marxism provides a model within which non-patriarchal structures for rearing children could occur.[13]
The lack of the 'family romance' would remove the Oedipus complex from a child's development, thus liberating women from the consequences of penis envy and the feeling of being castrated which Mitchell contends is the root cause of women's acceptance that they are inferior.[14] According to Mitchell, children are socialised into appropriate gender roles, therefore, women grow to be equally socialised into becoming the caretakers of their households.[15]
Feminine sexuality
In her introduction to Jacques Lacan on feminine sexuality, Mitchell stresses that "in the Freud that Lacan uses, neither the unconscious nor sexuality...[are] pre-given facts, they are constructions; that is, they are objects with histories".[16]
Mitchell, Juliet; Oakley, Ann (1986). What is Feminism?. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell. ISBN9780631148432.
Mitchell, Juliet; Klein, Melanie (1987). The Selected Melanie Klein. New York: Free Press. ISBN9780029214817.
Mitchell, Juliet; Oakley, Ann (1997). Who's Afraid of Feminism?: seeing through the backlash. New York: New Press Distributed by W. W. Norton. ISBN9781565843851.
^"Juliet Mitchell interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 6th May 2008". Alanmacfarlane.com. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^Benewick, Robert; Green, Philip (1998). "Juliet Mitchell 1940–". The Routledge dictionary of twentieth-century political thinkers. Psychology Press. p. 228. ISBN9780415096232.
^Juliet Mitchell. "Juliet Mitchell: Women: The Longest Revolution. New Left Review I/40, November-December 1966". Newleftreview.org. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^Singh, Sunit (August 2011). "Emancipation in the heart of darkness: An interview with Juliet Mitchell" (PDF). The Platypus Review.
^"Professor Juliet Mitchell | Jesus College in the University of Cambridge". Jesus.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^Herik, Judith (1985). Freud on femininity and faith. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 15. ISBN9780520053335.
^Tandon, Neeru (2008). Feminism: a paradigm shift. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 83. ISBN9788126908882.
^Dietrich, Penny (2018). "All Professors at Large, 1965-2023". Program for Andrew D. White Professors at Large. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
^Mitchell, Juliet (2000), "The Oedipus Complex and the patriarchal society", in Mitchell, Juliet (ed.), Psychoanalysis and feminism: a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis, New York City: Basic Books, pp. 377–381, ISBN9780465046089, Under capitalism, the mass of mankind, propertyless and working socially together en masse for the first time in the history of civilization would be unlikely, were it not for the preservation of the family...
^Mitchell, Juliet (2000), "The castration complex and penis-envy", in Mitchell, Juliet (ed.), Psychoanalysis and feminism: a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis, New York City: Basic Books, pp. 95–100, ISBN9780465046089
^Mitchell, Juliet (2000), "Conclusion: The holy family and femininity", in Mitchell, Juliet (ed.), Psychoanalysis and feminism: a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis, New York City: Basic Books, pp. 364–416, ISBN9780465046089
juliet, mitchell, lady, goody, born, october, 1940, british, psychoanalyst, socialist, feminist, research, professor, author, fbaborn, 1940, october, 1940, christchurch, zealandnationalitybritishspousesperry, anderson, 1962, 1972, martin, rossdale, 1975, 1988,. Juliet Mitchell Lady Goody FBA born 4 October 1940 is a British psychoanalyst socialist feminist research professor and author Juliet MitchellFBABorn 1940 10 04 4 October 1940 age 82 Christchurch New ZealandNationalityBritishSpousesPerry Anderson m 1962 div 1972 wbr Martin Rossdale m 1975 div 1988 wbr Sir John Rankine Goody m 2000 wbr Children1Academic backgroundAlma materSt Anne s College Oxford Whitney Humanities Center Jesus College Cambridge University College LondonAcademic workInstitutionsPsychoanalysis Unit of University College London UCL Main interestsPsychoanalysis gender studies English Literature socialist feminism Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Women The Longest Revolution 2 2 The Cambridge University Centre for Gender Studies 2 3 Psychoanalysis and Feminism 2 4 Child rearing 2 5 Feminine sexuality 3 Bibliography 3 1 Monographs 3 2 Edited books 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education EditMitchell was born in Christchurch New Zealand in 1940 and then moved to England in 1944 where she stayed with her grandparents in the midlands She attended St Anne s College Oxford where she received a degree in English in 1962 as well as doing postgraduate work 1 She taught English literature from 1962 to 1970 at Leeds University and Reading University Throughout the 1960s Mitchell was active in leftist politics and was on the editorial committee of the journal New Left Review 2 Career EditWomen The Longest Revolution Edit Mitchell gained instant media attention with her pathbreaking article Women The Longest Revolution in the New Left Review 1966 an original synthesis of Simone de Beauvoir Frederich Engels Viola Klein Betty Friedan and other analysts of women s oppression 3 4 The Cambridge University Centre for Gender Studies Edit She is a fellow professor of Psychoanalysis at the Jesus College Cambridge and founded the Centre for Gender Studies at Cambridge University 5 In 2010 she was appointed director of the Expanded Doctoral School in Psychoanalytic Studies at the Psychoanalysis Unit of University College London UCL 6 Psychoanalysis and Feminism Edit Mitchell is best known for her book Psychoanalysis and Feminism Freud Reich Laing and Women 1974 7 in which she tried to reconcile psychoanalysis and feminism at a time when many considered them incompatible 8 Peter Gay considered it the most rewarding and responsible contribution 9 to the feminist debate on Freud both acknowledging and rising beyond Freud s male chauvinism in its analysis Mitchell saw Freud s asymmetrical view of masculinity and femininity as reflecting the realities of patriarchal culture and sought to use his critique of femininity to critique patriarchy itself 10 By insisting on the utility of Freud particularly in a Lacanian reading for feminism she opened the way for further critical work on psychoanalysis and gender 11 She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor at Large at Cornell University from 1993 to 1999 12 Child rearing Edit A substantial part of the thesis of Psychoanalysis and Feminism is that Marxism provides a model within which non patriarchal structures for rearing children could occur 13 The lack of the family romance would remove the Oedipus complex from a child s development thus liberating women from the consequences of penis envy and the feeling of being castrated which Mitchell contends is the root cause of women s acceptance that they are inferior 14 According to Mitchell children are socialised into appropriate gender roles therefore women grow to be equally socialised into becoming the caretakers of their households 15 Feminine sexuality Edit In her introduction to Jacques Lacan on feminine sexuality Mitchell stresses that in the Freud that Lacan uses neither the unconscious nor sexuality are pre given facts they are constructions that is they are objects with histories 16 Bibliography EditMonographs Edit Woman s Estate Harmondsworth Penguin 1971 ISBN 9780140214253 Psychoanalysis and Feminism Freud Reich Laing and Women New York Pantheon Books 1974 ISBN 9780394474724 Reissued as Psychoanalysis and Feminism A radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis New York City Basic Books 2000 ISBN 9780465046089 dd Women the Longest Revolution New York City Pantheon Books 1984 ISBN 9780394725741 Mad Men and Medusas Reclaiming Hysteria New York City Basic Books 2000 ISBN 9780465046133 Siblings Sex and Violence Cambridge UK Malden Massachusetts Polity Press 2003 ISBN 9780745632216 Edited books Edit Mitchell Juliet Oakley Ann 1976 The Rights and Wrongs of Women Harmondsworth New York Penguin ISBN 9780140216165 Mitchell Juliet Lacan Jacques Rose Jacqueline 1985 Feminine Sexuality Jacques Lacan and the ecole freudienne New York London Pantheon Books W W Norton ISBN 9780393302110 Mitchell Juliet Oakley Ann 1986 What is Feminism Oxford UK Basil Blackwell ISBN 9780631148432 Mitchell Juliet Klein Melanie 1987 The Selected Melanie Klein New York Free Press ISBN 9780029214817 Mitchell Juliet Oakley Ann 1997 Who s Afraid of Feminism seeing through the backlash New York New Press Distributed by W W Norton ISBN 9781565843851 See also EditNancy Chodorow Kate MillettReferences Edit Juliet Mitchell interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 6th May 2008 Alanmacfarlane com 6 May 2008 Retrieved 1 March 2018 Benewick Robert Green Philip 1998 Juliet Mitchell 1940 The Routledge dictionary of twentieth century political thinkers Psychology Press p 228 ISBN 9780415096232 Juliet Mitchell Juliet Mitchell Women The Longest Revolution New Left Review I 40 November December 1966 Newleftreview org Retrieved 1 March 2018 Singh Sunit August 2011 Emancipation in the heart of darkness An interview with Juliet Mitchell PDF The Platypus Review Professor Juliet Mitchell Jesus College in the University of Cambridge Jesus cam ac uk Retrieved 1 March 2018 UCL Juliet Mitchell Archived 2012 11 02 at the Wayback Machine Mitchell Juliet 1974 Psychoanalysis and feminism Freud Reich Laing and women New York Pantheon Books ISBN 9780394474724 Juliet Mitchell Archive at marxists org Gay Peter 1988 Freud a life for our time London Dent p 774 ISBN 9780460047616 Herik Judith 1985 Freud on femininity and faith Berkeley University of California Press p 15 ISBN 9780520053335 Tandon Neeru 2008 Feminism a paradigm shift New Delhi Atlantic Publishers amp Distributors p 83 ISBN 9788126908882 Dietrich Penny 2018 All Professors at Large 1965 2023 Program for Andrew D White Professors at Large Retrieved 8 November 2018 Mitchell Juliet 2000 The Oedipus Complex and the patriarchal society in Mitchell Juliet ed Psychoanalysis and feminism a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis New York City Basic Books pp 377 381 ISBN 9780465046089 Under capitalism the mass of mankind propertyless and working socially together en masse for the first time in the history of civilization would be unlikely were it not for the preservation of the family Mitchell Juliet 2000 The castration complex and penis envy in Mitchell Juliet ed Psychoanalysis and feminism a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis New York City Basic Books pp 95 100 ISBN 9780465046089 Mitchell Juliet 2000 Conclusion The holy family and femininity in Mitchell Juliet ed Psychoanalysis and feminism a radical reassessment of Freudian psychoanalysis New York City Basic Books pp 364 416 ISBN 9780465046089 Mitchell Juliet editor Lacan Jacques author Rose Jacqueline translator and editor 1985 Feminine sexuality Jacques Lacan and the ecole freudienne New York London Pantheon Books W W Norton p 4 ISBN 9780393302110 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first1 has generic name help External links Edit Women The Longest Revolution by Juliet Mitchell 1966 University of Cambridge profile UCL profile Women s Rights Radical Change video of Mitchell appearing in a BBC debate first televised in 1974 A Conversation with Juliet Mitchell Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 6 May 2008 video Portals Biography Feminism Psychology Socialism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juliet Mitchell amp oldid 1128061405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
