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Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher

Author : Alfred I. Tauber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400836921
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher written by Alfred I. Tauber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed, while Freud remained firmly committed to positivist ideals, his thought was permeated with other aspects of German philosophy. Placed in dialogue with his intellectual contemporaries, Freud appears as a reluctant philosopher who failed to recognize his own metaphysical commitments, thereby crippling the defense of his theory and misrepresenting his true achievement. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry, Alfred Tauber argues that Freudianism still offers a rich approach to self-inquiry, one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization.

Freud

Author : John U Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy Jonathan Lear
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113437965X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Freud written by John U Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy Jonathan Lear and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-09 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Lear 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. Freud is one of the most important introductions and contributions to understanding this great thinker to have been published for many years, and will be essential reading for anyone in the humanities, social sciences and beyond with an interest in Freud or philosophy.

Freud

Author : Jonathan Lear
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317676815
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Freud written by Jonathan Lear and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Requiem for the Ego

Author : Alfred I. Tauber
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804788308
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Requiem for the Ego written by Alfred I. Tauber and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Requiem for the Ego recounts Freud's last great attempt to 'save' the autonomy of the ego, which drew philosophical criticism from the most prominent philosophers of the period—Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Despite their divergent orientations, each contested the ego's capacity to represent mental states through word and symbol to an agent surveying its own cognizance. By discarding the subject-object divide as a model of the mind, they dethroned Freud's depiction of the ego as a conceit of a misleading self-consciousness and a faulty metaphysics. Freud's inquisitors, while employing divergent arguments, found unacknowledged consensus in identifying the core philosophical challenges of defining agency and describing subjectivity. In Requiem, Tauber uniquely synthesizes these philosophical attacks against psychoanalysis and, more generally, provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of the major developments in mid-20th century philosophy that prepared the conceptual grounding for postmodernism.

Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious

Author : D.L. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401716110
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious written by D.L. Smith and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freud's Philosophy of the Unconscious is the only comprehensive, systematic study of Sigmund Freud's philosophy of mind. Freud emerges as a sophisticated philosopher who addresses many of the central questions that concern contemporary philosophers and cognitive scientists while anticipating many of their views. While still a student in Vienna, Freud was initiated into philosophy by Franz Brentano. The book charts Freud's intellectual development as he deals with the mind-body problem, the nature of consciousness, folk psychology versus scientific psychology, the relationship between language and thought, realism and antirealism in psychology, and the nature of unconscious mental events. The book also critically examines writings on Freud by Wittgenstein, Davidson, and Searle, demonstrating their weakness as interpretations and criticisms of Freud's position. Readership: Philosophers, cognitive scientists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists.

Philosophers on Freud

Author : Richard Wollheim
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Philosophers on Freud written by Richard Wollheim and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1977 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Freud (RLE: Freud)

Author : Reuben Fine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317976134
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Freud (RLE: Freud) written by Reuben Fine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, originally published in 1963, Dr Fine sets out to describe what Freud said, and to re-evaluate his views critically in the light of the best knowledge of the time. Freud’s numerous changes of view, his constant searching for the truth wherever it might lead him, as well as his resolute adherence to certain hard-won positions once he had achieved them, are all skilfully traced. Freud’s intellectual Odyssey is divided into four periods. From 1886 to 1895 he was a neurologist investigating hysteria and other ‘nervous’ disorders. Then came his self-analysis, from 1896 to 1899, the real matrix from which psycho-analysis grew. The first psycho-analytic system of psychology was developed in the period from 1900 to 1914. The remainder of his life, from 1914 to 1939, was devoted to the elaboration of ego psychology, and heart of contemporary psycho-analysis. Dr Fine undertook, in writing this book, the formidable task of examining the whole body of Freud’s thought, to clarify what he said, and to review his ideas critically in the light of the best available existing knowledge. As he says ‘In this process of criticism I have tried to specify which aspects of Freud have stood the test of time and which have not.’ ‘So far as I can see no one has ever before taken the trouble to ask: "What did Freud actually say? How does what Freud said stand up in terms of what we now know?"’ In answering these questions, Dr Fine develops a major thesis that all modern psycho-analysis derives from Freud, though it has moved far in many different directions. The contention is that emphasis on schools is misleading and has obscured the actual historical growth of the science. As he states in his Preface to this volume, Dr Fine’s conviction is: ‘By building on Freud’s fundamental insights, we can move on most readily to empirical research and thus construct a more satisfactory science of psychology.’

Freud

Author : Joel Whitebook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521864186
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Freud written by Joel Whitebook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a radical look at the founder of psychoanalysis in his broader cultural context, addressing critical issues and challenging stereotypes.

Rereading Freud

Author : Jon Mills
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791460474
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Rereading Freud written by Jon Mills and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continental philosophers examine Freud’s metapsychology.

Freud

Author : Richard Webster
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780221592
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Freud written by Richard Webster and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Great Philosopher's Series Richard Webster expert on Freud A critical reassessment of one of the most controversial philosophers of the last century. Few figures have had so decisive and fundamental an influence on the course of modern cultural history as Sigmund Freud. Yet few figures also have inspired such intense controversy and continued debate. The criticisms directed against his ideas have tended to become better informed with the passing of time. With almost a hundred years of Freud scholarship to draw on, it is now possible, perhaps for the first time, to offer a considered and balanced judgement on the value both of Freud's thought and of the movement he founded. It is this which Richard Webster has set out to do in a book which provides both a lucid introduction to Freud's theories and a striking account of why it is that Freud is still widely regarded as the most important of all modern thinkers.

Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486800717
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Pleasure Principle written by Sigmund Freud and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial 1920 publication expands Freud's theoretical approach to include the death drive. The philosopher's concept of the ongoing struggle between harmony (Eros) and destruction (Thanatos) influenced his subsequent work.

Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience

Author : Frank Cioffi
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780812693850
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience written by Frank Cioffi and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1970s, Cioffi demonstrated that Freud falsified the account of his discovery of the Oedipus complex - an account that had gone unquestioned until that time. Moreover, Cioffi showed that this misrepresentation was necessary to the propagation of the Oedipus theory. The author subsequently revealed Freud's falsifications in retracting his theory of infantile seduction, a revelation that has been often cited in recent books and scholarly journals.

Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480401951
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought written by Erich Fromm and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVRenowned social psychologist Erich Fromm’s classic study of Freud’s most important—and controversial—ideas/divDIV Bestselling philosopher and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm contends that the principle behind Freud’s work—the wellspring from which psychoanalysis flows—boils down to one well-known belief: “And the truth shall set you free.” The healing power of truth is what Freud used to cure depression and anxiety, cutting through repression and rationalizations, and it provided the foundation for modern psychology./divDIV /divDIVFreud’s work, however, was not without its flaws. Though he pioneered many of the practices still in use today, Freud’s perspective was imperfect. In Greatness and Limitation of Freud’s Thought, Fromm deepens the understanding of Freud by highlighting not just his remarkable insights, but also his flaws, on topics ranging from dreams to sexuality. /divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate./div/div

Sigmund Freud (RLE: Freud)

Author : Fritz Wittels
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317975715
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Sigmund Freud (RLE: Freud) written by Fritz Wittels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1924, this biography of Freud looks at his early life as well as the development of his theories and his relationships with other well-known physicians of the time.

Freud, Alder, and Jung

Author : Walter Kaufmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351519069
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Freud, Alder, and Jung written by Walter Kaufmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Kaufmann completed this, the third and final volume of his landmark trilogy, shortly before his death in 1980. The trilogy is the crowning achievement of a lifetime of study, writing, and teaching. This final volume contains Kaufmann's tribute to Sigmund Freud, the man he thought had done as much as anyone to discover and illuminate the human mind. Kaufmann's own analytical brilliance seems a fitting reflection of Freud's, and his acute commentary affords fitting company to Freud's own thought. Kaufmann traces the intellectual tradition that culminated in Freud's blending of analytic scientific thinking with humanistic insight to create "a poetic science of the mind." He argues that despite Freud's great achievement and celebrity, his work and person have often been misunderstood and unfairly maligned, the victim of poor translations and hostile critics. Kaufmann dispels some of the myths that have surrounded Freud and damaged his reputation. He takes pains to show how undogmatic, how open to discussion, and how modest Freud actually was. Kaufmann endeavors to defend Freud against the attacks of his two most prominent apostate disciples, Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav Jung. Adler is revealed as having been jealous, hostile, and an ingrate, a muddled thinker and unskilled writer, and remarkably lacking in self-understanding. Jung emerges in Kaufmann's depiction as an unattractive, petty, and envious human being, an anti-Semite, an obscure and obscurantist thinker, and, like Adler, lacking insight into himself. Freud, on the contrary, is argued to have displayed great nobility and great insight into himself and his wayward disciples in the course of their famous fallings-out.

Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist

Author : Howard L. Kaye
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429776926
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist written by Howard L. Kaye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new account of Freud’s work by reading him as the social theorist and philosopher he always aspired to be, and not as the medical scientist he publicly claimed to be. In doing so, the author demonstrates that’s Freud’s social, moral, and cultural thought constitutes the core of his life’s work as a theorist, and is the thread that binds his voluminous writings together: from his earliest essays on the neuroses, to his foundational writings on dreams and sexuality, and to his far-ranging reflections on art, religion, and the dynamics of culture. Returning to the fundamental questions and concerns that animate Freud’s work - the nature of evil; the origins of religion, morality, and tradition; and the looming threat of resurgent barbarism - Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist provides the first systematic re-examination of Freud’s social and cultural thought in more than a generation. As such, it will be of interest to social and cultural theorists, social philosophers, intellectual and cultural historians, and those with interests in psychoanalysis and its origins.

Freud on Instinct and Morality

Author : Donald C. Abel
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791400241
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Freud on Instinct and Morality written by Donald C. Abel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Freud's changing views of human instincts, exploring the moral and social implications. Part One investigates Freud's concept of instinct and discusses the phases of his ongoing attempt to classify the instincts. In Part Two the author argues that Freud's instinct theory leads to a moral philosophy, and he relates this philosophy to Freud's views on group psychology. The notion of instinct is central to psychoanalytic theory, but never before has it been treated so comprehensively, with such close attention to the text. Nor has anyone previously examined in detail the moral and social implications of Freud's instinct theory. In examining these implications, Abel bridges the fields of psychology and philosophy.