Falque, E: Nothing to It

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6270-223-3
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 220 g

Reihe: Figures of the Unconscious

The
special role of psychoanalysis in the development of phenomenology

The confrontation between philosophy and
psychoanalysis has had its heyday. After the major debates between Paul
Ricoeur, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Michel
Henry, this dialogue now seems to have broken down. It has therefore proven necessary
and gainful to revisit these debates to explore their re-usability and the
degree to which they can provide new insights from a contemporary point of
view. It can be said that contemporary philosophy suffers from an ‘excess of meaning’,
and this is exactly where psychoanalysis comes in and may raise key questions.
This is precisely what a philosophical reading of Freud demonstrates. To say
‘Nothing to It’ indicates that the ‘It’—or Freudian Id—is not visible as it
never shows itself as a ‘phenomenon’. Such a reading of Freud exemplifies how
psychoanalysis has a special role to play in phenomenology's development.

Translators: Robert Vallier (DePaul University), William L. Connelly
(The Catholic University of Paris)

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falque, Emmanuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Philosophische Psychologie, Logotherapie, Existenzanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Philippe Van Haute
Preface
Opening ActPhilosophizing in psychoanalysis The doctrine of experience The other Rubicon The backlash
IntroductionGo take a look
Chapter OneKeep moving, nothing to see The end of the Enlightenment Toward another paradigm Collapse of the system
Chapter TwoBeware of it Conceiving the inconceivable The disillusion of psychoanalysis Primitive man
Chapter ThreeIt’s not nothing The drive at the frontier Rooting in the organic Presence and resistance
Chapter FourWhat is it? A disturbing uncanny Death and repetition The anorganic
Chapter FiveIt concerns me Being lived The knight of the Id Being there for something
Chapter SixIt touches me Where the Id was The draining of the Zuyderzee The great cavalcade
ConclusionWhat’s God have to do with it? For the salvation of the Id Apart from it The realm of the Id
EpilogueRegarding all of it
Notes Bibliography Index rerum Index nominum

Über Autor(innen)

Falque, Emmanuel
Emmanuel Falque is honorary dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris. He is a widely published author in the field of phenomenology and continental philosophy.