Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis Paperback / softback
by Sebastian Gardner
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/02/2007
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- ISBN:9780521033879
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/02/2007
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- ISBN:9780521033879