Freud as Philosopher
Richard Boothby · 2001
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About the book
Using Jacques Lacan's work as a key, this groundbreaking work reassesses the philosophical significance of Freud's most ambitious general theory of mental functioning: metapsychology. Richard Boothby forcefully argues that this theory has been misunderstood, and consequently, Freud's impact on philosophy has been unjustly muted. Freud as Philosopher illuminates in a fresh and newly accessible way the central points of Freud's metapsychology -- including the guiding metaphor of psychical energy and the final, enigmatic theory of the twin drives of life and death -- through the three cardinal Lacanian categories of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. This exciting and brilliant book will have a definitive impact on how psychoanalysis is conceived in relation to philosophy.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780415925891
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