Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis (Paperback, New ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2007
First published:	December 2006
Authors:	Sebastian Gardner
Dimensions:	228 x 150 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03387-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Intelligence
LSN:	0-521-03387-X
Barcode:	9780521033879

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