Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism

ISBN-13: 9780521591522 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 298 str.

Agnes Petocz

Opis

Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism offers an innovative general theory of symbolism, derived from Freud's psychoanalytic theory and relocated within mainstream scientific psychology. This is a systematic investigation of the development of Freud's treatment of symbolism throughout his published works, and it discovers in those writings a broad theory that is far superior to the narrow but widely accepted "official" view. Agnes Petocz argues that the treatment of symbolism must begin with the identification and clarification of a set of logical constraints and psychological requirements that any general theory of symbolism must respect, and that these requirements have been neglected. Her newly proposed "Freudian broad" theory of symbolism, by contrast, does meet these requirements.

Recenzje

'Performs a remarkable service to psychoanalytic scholarship in clarifying conceptual confusions with which is has long been bedevilled.' The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Exegesis and Extraction: 1. From disorder towards the focus of inquiry; 2. The 'Freudian narrow' theory of symbolism; 3. The 'symbol' in Freud's early writings (1893–9); 4. Continuation and elaboration (1900–13); 5. The 'core years' for the Freudian Narrow theory (1914–17); 6. The treatment of symbolism in Freud's later writings (1918–40); Part II. Consolidation and Defence: 7. The problem of the 'system unconscious'; 8. The problem of language; 9. Ernest Jones's contribution; 10. The 'Freudian Broad' theory of symbolism; 11. Symbolism: logical constraints and psychological requirements; Epilogue.