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Sartre and Psychoanalysis: An Existentialist Challenge to Clinical Metatheory
Betty Cannon
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Hardcover. Explores the implications of Sartrean philosophy for the Freudian psychoanalytic tradition. The author shows that Sartre appreciated Freud's psychoanalytic achievements but rebelled against the determinism of his metatheory. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 789.
This book explores the implications of Sartean philosophy for the Freudian psychoanalytic tradition. Drawing upon Sartre's work as well as her own experiences as a practicing therapist, Betty Cannon shows that Sartre appreciated Freud's psychoanalytic achievements but rebelled against the determinism of his metatheory. The mind, Sartre argued, cannot be reduced to a collection of drives and structures, nor is it enslaved to its past as Freud's work suggested. Sartre advocated an existentialist psychoanalysis based on human freedom and the self's ability to reshape its own meaning and value. Through the Sartrean clinical approach Cannon offers a resolution to a ... Read more
This book explores the implications of Sartean philosophy for the Freudian psychoanalytic tradition. Drawing upon Sartre's work as well as her own experiences as a practicing therapist, Betty Cannon shows that Sartre appreciated Freud's psychoanalytic achievements but rebelled against the determinism of his metatheory. The mind, Sartre argued, cannot be reduced to a collection of drives and structures, nor is it enslaved to its past as Freud's work suggested. Sartre advocated an existentialist psychoanalysis based on human freedom and the self's ability to reshape its own meaning and value. Through the Sartrean clinical approach Cannon offers a resolution to a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700604456
SKU
V9780700604456
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