| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 401 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary psychoanalytic studies ; 13 |
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Contemporary psychoanalytic studies ; 13.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; One In search of the quality of the mind; Two The twentieth century: A century of terror, war, and hate; Three The mind also becomes sick: how? when? why? The problem of "normality-anormality"; Four Psychic-mental suffering; Five Which epistemology for psychoanalysis?; Six The objectivist and relativist shift in epistemology: Objectivity and reliability in psychoanalysis; Seven The three features of psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic "laboratory"; Eight Symbolism and dreams in psychoanalysis |
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Nine Kant: investigator of the mind and the first epistemologistTen Charles Taylor: a philosopher who interacts with psychoanalysis in the search for authenticity; Eleven Aesthetic quality and creativity in psychoanalysis: music as a special pathway of the mind; Twelve Ideology and utopia: negative qualities of the mind; Thirteen Psychoanalysis and social and political conflicts; Fourteen Psychoanalysis and philosophy; Fifteen The positive qualities of the mind: happiness and creativity; About the Author; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Society and contemporary culture unquestionably assign much importance to the search for quality. So can this kind of research include the mind? In his analysis, Luigi Longhin examines the causes of mental illness and psychic-mental suffering, the notions of individuality, social violence, and utopia; and he suggests a collaboration between the neurosciences and psychoanalysis, within a correct epistemological approach. The relationship between epistemology and psychoanalysis is examined. The objectivistic and relativistic shift in contemporary epistemology, and the problem of the responsibility of the techno-scientific system are emphasized. Why such a privileged connection with philosophy? The contribution of philosophy is primarily epistemological. However, both epistemology and psychoanalysis run a risk; whilst epistemology runs the risk of being a knowledge which does not know, psychoanalysts run the risk of pursuing scientific knowledge without knowing its foundations. Hence there is a need for collaboration between the two forms of knowledge: the philosophical-epistemological and the scientific-psychoanalytic. Psychoanalysis works in two directions: on the one hand, it tries to eliminate the negative components of the mind, on the other hand, it tries to develop the trusting and creative parts of the self |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translated from the Italian |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis and philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McFarlane, Caroline M., translator.
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Bacciagaluppi, Marco, translator.
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| ISBN |
9789042034853 |
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9042034858 |
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9789401207621 |
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9401207623 |
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1280875445 |
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9781280875441 |
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