Description
Book SynopsisPaul Ricoeur''s
Freud and Philosophy was a major reinterpretation of psychoanalysis and its philosophical significance, but Ricoeur also wrote many important articles on similar themes. This volume makes available some of his key writings on Freud and psychoanalysis: together with
Freud and Philosophy, they form a major part of his philosophical legacy.
What kind of science is psychoanalysis? What kind of truth does it offer and what kind of proof does it provide? What does the concrete practice of psychoanalysis consist of? What can it tell us about creativity and the work of art? What is its place within our culture and how can it transform culture? What is the role of narrative in psychoanalysis?
Ricoeur reading Freud: this could have been the title of this volume, in which the focus is on the actual work of Freud and not on subsequent commentaries. An open reading of intellectual integrity. A critical reading which shuns definitive positions. A re
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"Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy - critical, economical, and clear."
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"One of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of his generation."
Daily Telegraph
"While the volume may have been composed with Ricoeur specialists and students of psychoanalytic history and theory in mind as its core audience, it is of broad philosophical interest, both for theorists on the left and for others."
Marx and Philosophy
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Editor's Introduction
Note about this edition
Translator's Note
The Question of Proof in Psychoanalytic Writings
Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics
The Self in Psychoanalysis and in Phenomenological Philosophy
Image and Language in Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry and Moral Values
The Atheism of Freudian Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis and Art
Life: A Story in Search of a Narrator
Narrative: Its Place in Psychoanalysis
Post-Script: Listening to Freud One Last Time
Postface: Desire, Identity, the Other - Psychoanalysis for Paul Ricoeur after Freud and Philosophy, Vinicio Busacchi
Origin of Texts
Index
