Irrationality and the philosophy of psychoanalysis /
[Book]
Sebastian Gardner.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1993.
1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Dividing persons -- pt. 2. Psychoanalytic concepts -- pt. 3. Psychoanalytic conception of mind.
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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.
Irrationality and the philosophy of psychoanalysis.