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Psychoanalysis of Science: The Role of Metaphor, Paraprax, Lacunae and Myth
Yehoyakim Stein
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Hardback. Four categories are suggested as guidelines for the analysis of science: metaphors, scientific parapraxes, lacunae, and scientific myths. The most important are the conceptual lacunae, for they constitute an integral part of the scientific construction. This title explains the function of scientific myths. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
By systematically deconstructing and analysing scientific texts for irrational unconscious motivations, new scientific associations can be produced. Four categories are suggested as guidelines for the analysis of science: metaphors, scientific parapraxes, lacunae, and scientific myths. The most important are the conceptual lacunae, for they constitute an integral part of the scientific construction. Examples from various disciplines are discussed in order to show that unconscious elements in science are a universal phenomenon. The function of scientific myths is explained. And the hypothesis is tested on psychoanalysis itself, in this way providing a full explanation of how and why blind spots block ... Read more
By systematically deconstructing and analysing scientific texts for irrational unconscious motivations, new scientific associations can be produced. Four categories are suggested as guidelines for the analysis of science: metaphors, scientific parapraxes, lacunae, and scientific myths. The most important are the conceptual lacunae, for they constitute an integral part of the scientific construction. Examples from various disciplines are discussed in order to show that unconscious elements in science are a universal phenomenon. The function of scientific myths is explained. And the hypothesis is tested on psychoanalysis itself, in this way providing a full explanation of how and why blind spots block ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845190705
SKU
V9781845190705
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About Yehoyakim Stein
Yehoyakim Stein is a practising psychiatrist/psycho-analyst and a teaching analyst and research fellow of the Freud Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of "Some Reflections on the Inner Space of the Body", in Psychoanalytic Studies of the Child (Yale University Press); and most recently, The Flutist From Vienna: On Personal Responsibility (Keter Press, Jerusalem).
Reviews for Psychoanalysis of Science: The Role of Metaphor, Paraprax, Lacunae and Myth
"Stein's book, in the stream of a tradition that is almost lost today, i.e. that of Gaston Bachelard, Louis Althusser and very few others, confronts an extremely interesting challenge: that of analyzing the impact of Freudian unconscious on the scientific creativity processes and on the scientific discourse. The result is a very original and coherent proposal."
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