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litprof's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
“I am the monster who speaks to you. The monster you have created with your discourse and your clinical practices. I am the monster who gets up from the analyst’s couch and dares to speak, not as a patient, but as a citizen, as your monstrous equal” (19)
Amazing take-down of psychoanalysis, not only from a trans* perspective, but from a philosophical appreciation for reality over myth. I found myself nodding along when not shocked into stillness by Preciado’s critiques!
Amazing take-down of psychoanalysis, not only from a trans* perspective, but from a philosophical appreciation for reality over myth. I found myself nodding along when not shocked into stillness by Preciado’s critiques!
carmen_fdez99's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Es un discurso de gran interés, que propugna el interés por actualizar los términos, discurso y fórmulas del psicoanálisis, que como otres tantes gentes ha buscado actualizar y llevar al presente dinámicas de análisis de la realidad o les sujetos.
Veo que se trata de un discurso controvertido en la boca del lobo de dos viejas estatuas que emanan el inmovilismo general de la asociación que abrió la charla.
De gran interés y análisis, entronca bien con Butler y demás investigadores; pues de muy recomendada lectura, adelante sean bienvenidas las obras de Paul B. Preciado.
Me ha encantado, vaya...
Veo que se trata de un discurso controvertido en la boca del lobo de dos viejas estatuas que emanan el inmovilismo general de la asociación que abrió la charla.
De gran interés y análisis, entronca bien con Butler y demás investigadores; pues de muy recomendada lectura, adelante sean bienvenidas las obras de Paul B. Preciado.
Me ha encantado, vaya...
abbie_'s review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
When I read An Apartment on Uranus, I knew immediately that Paul B. Preciado is 10000 x smarter than I am. I went into Can the Monster Speak? knowing this, yet still felt way out of my depth. Despite being much shorter, since Uranus was an essay collection there were some essays that felt more within my grasp. This book is a furious missive, with all of Preciado's anger fuelled at a room of psychoanalysts who view him, a trans man, as a person suffering a mental illness. I believe Preciado originally gave this speech at a psychology conference but was literally booed off stage before he could finish. That in itself should tell you that psycoanalysis is in need of complete overhaul.
My favourite part was Preciado talking about his transition as escaping one set of boundaries only to be hemmed in by a brand new set living life as a man. Gender really is some fuckery.
A lot of it did go over my head, and would probably benefit from a reread plus some further reading to grasp fully.
My favourite part was Preciado talking about his transition as escaping one set of boundaries only to be hemmed in by a brand new set living life as a man. Gender really is some fuckery.
A lot of it did go over my head, and would probably benefit from a reread plus some further reading to grasp fully.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
alyssa_sian_reads's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0