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Rereading Freud: Psychoanalysis through Philosophy

Rereading Freud: Psychoanalysis through Philosophy

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0791460487
ISBN13: 9780791460481
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2012
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.06 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

Continental philosophers examine Freud's metapsychology.

Rereading Freud assembles eminent philosophical scholars and clinical practitioners from continental, pragmatic, feminist, and psychoanalytic paradigms to examine Freud's metapsychology. Fundamentally distorted and misinterpreted by generations of English speaking commentators, Freud's theories are frequently misunderstood within psychoanalysis today. This book celebrates and philosophically critiques Freud's most important contribution to understanding humanity: that psychic reality is governed by the unconscious mind. The contributors focus on several of Freud's most influential theories, including the nature and structure of dreams; infantile sexuality; drive and defense; ego development; symptom formation; feminine psychology; the therapeutic process; death; and the question of race. In so doing, they shed light on the ontological commitments Freud introduces in his metapsychology and the implications generated for engaging theoretical, clinical, and applied modes of philosophical inquiry.

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