Freud / Jonathan Lear.

By:

Lear, Jonathan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge philosophersPublication details: New York, N.Y. : London : Routledge, 2005.Description: xvi, 278 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780415314503 (hbk.)
041531450X (hbk.)
9780415314510 (pbk.)
9781032032313 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

150.195 22 LEA

Contents:

Cover Page Half-Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface to the second edition Chronology Introduction: The peculiar conversation 1 Freud’s fundamental rule 2 An adequate moral psychology 3 The ‘immorality’ of psychoanalysis 4 Truthfulness 5 The egalitarian impulse 6 The journey of a human life 7 A philosophical introduction to a non-philosopher Notes One Interpreting the unconscious 1 Analysis of the psyche 2 A second mind? 3 Fear and trembling and the couch 4 The non-mysterious unconscious 5 How the unconscious escapes our notice 6 The unconscious is timeless 7 The unconscious and the fundamental question Further reading Notes Two Sex, Eros and life 1 What’s sex got to do with it? 2 How sex hides as physical pain 3 Abandoning the seduction theory 4 A theory of sexuality 5 Infantile sexuality 6 Eros and practical wisdom Further reading Notes Three The interpretation of dreams 1 The royal road to the unconscious 2 Principles of dream interpretation 3 Freud’s self-interpretation 4 Dreams as activity 5 In dreams begin responsibilities 6 Primary process 7 The fulfillment of a wish 8 The field of dreams Further reading Notes Four Transference 1 Introduction of the concept 2 Dora 3 A special class of mental structures 4 Transference as the breakdown of a world 5 Transference and the interpretation of dreams 6 From repeating to remembering Further reading Notes Five Principles of mental functioning 1 The pleasure principle and reality principle 2 Turning away from reality 3 Virtue and neurtue 4 Beyond the pleasure principle 5 Compulsive repetition 6 The death drive Further reading Notes Six The structure of the psyche and the birth of ‘object’ relations 1 Mourning and Melancholia 2 Self and other 3 The psychological birth of the infant 4 Identification 5 The Oedipus complex 6 The superego 7 Genealogy Further reading Notes Seven Morality and religion 1 The case against morality 2 The morality system 3 Pleasure versus happiness 4 Critique of religious belief 5 The illusion of a future 6 Primal crime Further reading Notes Conclusion: Freud’s legacy Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Summary: In this fully updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud's thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. These include the philosophy of mind, free will and determinism, rationality, the nature of the self and subjectivity, and ethics and religion. He also considers some of the deeper issues and problems Freud engaged with, brilliantly illustrating their philosophical significance: human sexuality, the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of transference. The author's approach emphasizes the philosophical significance of Freud’s fundamental rule – to say whatever comes to mind without censorship or inhibition. This binds psychoanalysis to the philosophical exploration of self-consciousness and truthfulness, as well as opening new paths of inquiry for moral psychology and ethics. The second edition includes a new Introduction and Conclusion. The text is revised throughout, including new sections on psychological structure and object relations and on Freud’s critique of religion and morality.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover Page
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Chronology
Introduction: The peculiar conversation
1 Freud’s fundamental rule
2 An adequate moral psychology
3 The ‘immorality’ of psychoanalysis
4 Truthfulness
5 The egalitarian impulse
6 The journey of a human life
7 A philosophical introduction to a non-philosopher
Notes
One Interpreting the unconscious
1 Analysis of the psyche
2 A second mind?
3 Fear and trembling and the couch
4 The non-mysterious unconscious
5 How the unconscious escapes our notice
6 The unconscious is timeless
7 The unconscious and the fundamental question
Further reading
Notes
Two Sex, Eros and life
1 What’s sex got to do with it?
2 How sex hides as physical pain
3 Abandoning the seduction theory
4 A theory of sexuality
5 Infantile sexuality
6 Eros and practical wisdom
Further reading
Notes
Three The interpretation of dreams
1 The royal road to the unconscious
2 Principles of dream interpretation
3 Freud’s self-interpretation
4 Dreams as activity
5 In dreams begin responsibilities
6 Primary process
7 The fulfillment of a wish
8 The field of dreams
Further reading
Notes
Four Transference
1 Introduction of the concept
2 Dora
3 A special class of mental structures
4 Transference as the breakdown of a world
5 Transference and the interpretation of dreams
6 From repeating to remembering
Further reading
Notes
Five Principles of mental functioning
1 The pleasure principle and reality principle
2 Turning away from reality
3 Virtue and neurtue
4 Beyond the pleasure principle
5 Compulsive repetition
6 The death drive
Further reading
Notes
Six The structure of the psyche and the birth of ‘object’ relations
1 Mourning and Melancholia
2 Self and other
3 The psychological birth of the infant
4 Identification
5 The Oedipus complex
6 The superego
7 Genealogy
Further reading
Notes
Seven Morality and religion
1 The case against morality
2 The morality system
3 Pleasure versus happiness
4 Critique of religious belief
5 The illusion of a future
6 Primal crime
Further reading
Notes
Conclusion: Freud’s legacy
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

In this fully updated second edition, the author clearly introduces and assesses all of Freud's thought, focusing on those areas of philosophy on which Freud is acknowledged to have had a lasting impact. These include the philosophy of mind, free will and determinism, rationality, the nature of the self and subjectivity, and ethics and religion. He also considers some of the deeper issues and problems Freud engaged with, brilliantly illustrating their philosophical significance: human sexuality, the unconscious, dreams, and the theory of transference. The author's approach emphasizes the philosophical significance of Freud’s fundamental rule – to say whatever comes to mind without censorship or inhibition. This binds psychoanalysis to the philosophical exploration of self-consciousness and truthfulness, as well as opening new paths of inquiry for moral psychology and ethics. The second edition includes a new Introduction and Conclusion. The text is revised throughout, including new sections on psychological structure and object relations and on Freud’s critique of religion and morality.

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