Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘sociology and psychoanalysis’

Abstract

In this short introduction to the Special Issue on 'Sociology and Psychoanalysis' we provide some background information on the conference from which the issue arose, give a brief overview of the issue's contents and outline the history of the two disciplines' relationship. We conclude with some thoughts on the ongoing need for a sociology informed by psychoanalysis and a psychoanalysis informed by sociology.