Description
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 reading to understand Freud.
This book - the first volume of Ricoeur's writings and lectures - brings together texts which appeared between 1966 and 1988. It is published under the auspices of Le Fonds Ricoeur.
About the Author
Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished philosophers of the twentieth century. He taught for many years at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His many works include Freud and Philosophy, Time and Narrative and Oneself as Another.
Reviews
"Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy - critical, economical, and clear."
New York Times
"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
Book Information
ISBN 9780745661247
Author Paul Ricoeur
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 390g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 152mm * 19mm
