| Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis Contributor(s): Gardner, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 052103387X ISBN-13: 9780521033879 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $48.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: In a reconstruction of the theories of Freud and Klein, Sebastian Gardner asks: what causes irrationality, what must the mind be like for it to be irrational, to what extent does irrationality involve self-awareness, and what is the point of irrationality? Arguing that psychoanalytic theory provides the most penetrating answers to these questions, he rejects the widespread view of the unconscious as a 'second mind', in favour of a view of it as a source of inherently irrational desires seeking expression through wish-fulfilment and phantasy. He meets scepticism about psychoanalytic explanation by exhibiting its continuity with everyday psychology. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 150.195 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |