Tracking the White Rabbit

<p>Since its beginning depth psychology has attempted to change the status quo of individual and cultural life by probing beneath surface appearances. Lyn Cowan explores a number of subjects considering what possible meanings and implications for change might lie behind the conventional attitudes toward such subjects as:<br>* Abortion<br>* Gender and sexuality<br>* Language<br>* Memory<br>* Melancholy<br>The author puts forward the argument that although psychology and subversion are not usually thought of as belonging together they should be. Such a view presented clearly with humour and insight offers a way to think differently about usual things and yield fresh meaning to some of the pressing dilemmas of our time and how we as individuals may respond to them.</p>