Psychoanalysis in a New Light

Informationen zum Autor Gunnar Karlsson is Professor in the Department of Education at Stockholm University. He is also a private practising psychoanalyst. Klappentext A study of psychoanalysis based on phenomenological philosophy, which offers new insights and develops neglected dimensions of the field. Gunnar Karlsson uses phenomenological philosophy and its theory of knowledge to assist in the understanding of psychoanalysis. He considers the foundations for psychoanalysis as a science, what constitutes its domain and what truth claims it maintains. Karlsson's rigorous and original approach will appeal to both professionals and scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Phenomenology and psychoanalysis; 2. The life-world as the ground for sciences; 3. A critical examination of neuropsychoanalysis; 4. The conceptualization of the psychical in psychoanalysis; 5. The libido as the core of the unconscious; 6. The grounding of libido in the life-world experience; 7. Beyond the pleasure principle: the affirmation of existence; 8. The question of truth claims in psychoanalysis; Concluding remarks.

Product details

• Authors: Gunnar Karlsson, Gunnar (Stockholms Universitet) Karlsson, Karlsson Gunnar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521198059
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19805-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Philosophy, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Health psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology