Memory, Myth, and Seduction
Memory, Myth, and Seduction

Author: Jean-Georges Schimek

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1135191891

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Memory, Myth, and Seduction reveals the development and evolution of Jean-Georges Schimek's thinking on unconscious fantasy and the interpretive process derived from a close reading of Freud as well as contemporary psychoanalysis. Contributing richly to North American psychoanalytic thought, Schimek challenges local views from the perspective of continental discourse. A practicing psychoanalyst, teacher, and consummate Freud scholar, Schimek sought to clarify Freud's concepts and theories and to disentangle complexities borne of inconsistencies in Freud's assumptions and expositions. This book is divided thematically into three sections. The first concerns fantasy and interpretation as they play out in the analytic situation, and the manner in which analyst and patient coconstruct meaning and reconstruct and recover memory. The second consists of two seminal papers which provide the sequence of steps in the five revisions in Freud's seduction theory. Schimek's careful scholarship lays out the data of Freud's writing, which allows one to draw one's own conclusions about the implications of the changes in the theory that he made. In the third, more theoretical section, he provides a foundation for understanding many of today's discussions about unconscious fantasy, dreaming, remembering, consciousness, affect, self-reflection, mentalization, and implicit relational knowing. He clarifies and illustrates Freud's original formulations (and their inherent problems) through a careful reading of sections of The Interpretation of Dreams, and a study of Freud's famous Signorelli parapraxis. Skillfully arranged and carefully edited by Deborah Browning and including a foreword by Alan Bass, this collection of Schimek's published and unpublished papers will be of interest to practicing psychoanalysts, psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapists, and students of the history of ideas and philosophy who have a particular interest in fantasy, interpretation, and Freud.

Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason
Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason

Author: Talia Morag

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 131722048X

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The emotions pose many philosophical questions. We don't choose them; they come over us spontaneously. Sometimes emotions seem to get it wrong: we experience wrongdoing but do not feel anger, feel fear but recognise there is no danger. Yet often we expect emotions to be reasonable, intelligible and appropriate responses to certain situations. How do we explain these apparent contradictions? Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason presents a bold new picture of the emotions that challenges prevailing philosophical orthodoxy. Talia Morag argues that too much emphasis has been placed on the "reasonableness" of emotions and far too little on two neglected areas: the imagination and the unconscious. She uses these to propose a new philosophical and psychoanalytic conception of the emotions that challenges the perceived rationality of emotions; views the emotions as fundamental to determining one's self-image; and bases therapy on the ability to "listen" to one’s emotional episode as it occurs. Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason is one of the first books to connect philosophical research on the emotions to psychoanalysis. It will be essential reading for those studying ethics, the emotions, moral psychology and philosophy of psychology as well as those interested in psychoanalysis.

Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies
Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies

Author: Henk de Berg

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1571132546

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Written specifically for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses dealing with literary criticism, this book is an accessible introduction to Freud's theory and its application to literary and cultural studies.

Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology E-Book
Sims' Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology E-Book

Author: Femi Oyebode

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0702074020

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Since its first edition in 1988, this book has become the leading introductory textbook on clinical psychopathology. Now fully revised and updated, it is an invaluable reference for psychiatrists of all levels as well as clinical psychologists, allied mental health professionals and researchers in this field. - Comprehensive and accessible overview of clinical psychopathology. - Defines, clarifies and describes the main symptoms and syndromes of mental illness encountered in clinical practice. - Illustrates key principles of psychopathology with examples drawn from a wide range of sources. - Fully updated throughout. - Includes key point summaries. - Complementary access to the e-book through ExpertConsult. - Additional online electronic resources include: - Patient interview scenarios exploring key themes (videos with transcripts). - Author podcasts (audio) to expand and clarify core topics. - Interactive question and answer sections for each chapter, to test your understanding and aid revision of essential areas. - Now in 4 colour. - New, bigger, more user-friendly format. - Three new podcasts (consciousness, embodiment, shame and guilt).

Fish's Clinical Psychopathology
Fish's Clinical Psychopathology

Author: Frank James Fish

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-02

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1009372696

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A clear and concise guide to help recognise the signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness in clinical care.

The Rationality of Perception
The Rationality of Perception

Author: Susanna Siegel

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-12-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0192517503

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On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be assessed for rationality or justification. Susanna Siegel argues that this conception is wrong. Drawing on examples involving racism, emotion, self-defense law, and scientific theories, The Rationality of Perception makes the case that perception itself can be rational or irrational. The Rationality of Perception argues that reasoning and perception are often deeply intertwined. When unjustified beliefs, fears, desires, or prejudices influence what we perceive, we face a philosophical problem: is it reasonable to strengthen what one believes, fears, or suspects, on the basis of an experience that was generated, unbeknownst to the perceiver, by those very same beliefs, fears, or suspicions? Siegel argues that it is not reasonable even though it may seem that way to the perceiver. In these cases, a perceptual experience may itself be irrational, because it is brought about by irrational influences. Siegel systematically distinguishes a number of different kinds of influences on perception, and builds a theory of how such influences on perception determine what it's rational or irrational to believe. She uses the main conclusions to analyze perceptual manifestations of racism. This book makes vivid the far-reaching consequences of psychological and cultural influences on perception. Its method shows how analytic philosophy, social psychology, history and politics can be mutually illuminating.