Psychoanalysis in a New Light

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-12244-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

What kind of a science is psychoanalysis? What constitutes its domain? What truth claims does it maintain? In this unique and scholarly work concerning the nature of psychoanalysis, Gunnar Karlsson guides his arguments through phenomenological thinking which, he claims, can be seen as an alternative to the recent attempts to cite neuropsychoanalysis as the answer to the crisis of psychoanalysis. Karlsson criticizes this effort to ground psychoanalysis in biology and neurology and emphasizes instead the importance of defining the psychoanalytic domain from the vantage point of the character of consciousness. His understanding of the unconscious, the libido and the death drive offer new insights into the nature of psychoanalysis, and he also illuminates and develops neglected dimensions such as consciousness and self-consciousness. Karlsson's approach to psychoanalysis is rigorous yet original, and this book fills an intellectual gap with implications for both the theoretical understanding and clinical issues of psychoanalysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karlsson, Gunnar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Karlsson, Gunnar
Gunnar Karlsson is Professor in the Department of Education at Stockholm University. He is also a private practising psychoanalyst.