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Psychoanalysis, Mysticism and the Problem of Epistemology - Defining the Indefinable (Paperback)
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Psychoanalysis, Mysticism and the Problem of Epistemology - Defining the Indefinable (Paperback)
Series: Psyche and Soul
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This book presents key psychoanalytic theories from a fresh
perspective: that of the mystical element. The author explores the
depth-structure of central assumptions in psychoanalytic theory to
uncover the mystical core of conventional analytic thinking.
Exploring authors from Freud and Ferenczi, through Bion and
Winnicott, to contemporary voices such as Ogden, Bollas and Eigen,
the book shows that psychoanalysis has always operated on the
assumption of psychic overlap, a "soul-to-soul" contact, between
patient and analyst. Surprisingly, the book shows how this
"magical" facet goes hand in hand with a pragmatic worldview that
explores the epistemological complexities of psychoanalysis in
search of a way to join the subjective, even the mystical, with the
practical aim of serving as a validated mental health discipline.
This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary and intertextual
encounter between psychoanalysis and the innovative pairing of
William James' pragmatic philosophy and Martin Buber's dialogic
thought. The author's paradoxical stance surrounding the nature and
role of psychoanalysis and its mystical facet resonate the great
challenge embedded in Winnicott's insistence on tolerating paradox
and Bion's demand to respect all parts of the (psychoanalytic)
truth, in this case, the practical and mundane alongside the
mystical and magical. The book's broad, interdisciplinary outlook
will captivate both psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic therapists as
well as scholars of philosophy.
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