Freud, psychoanalysis, and symbolism / Agnes Petocz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petocz, Agnes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Symbolism (Psychology).

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Freud, Psychoanalysis & Symbolism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism offers an innovative general theory of symbolism, derived from Freud's psychoanalytic theory and relocated within mainstream scientific psychology. It is the first systematic investigation of the development of Freud's treatment of symbolism throughout his published works, and discovers in those writings a broad theory which is far superior to the widely accepted, narrow, 'official' view. Agnes Petocz argues that the treatment of symbolism must begin with the identification and clarification of a set of logical constraints and psychological requirements which any general theory of symbolism must respect, and that these requirements have been neglected by existing accounts across a number of disciplines. Her newly proposed 'Freudian broad' theory of symbolism, by contrast, does meet these requirements, but only after it has been rehabilitated within a revised psychoanalytic context, encompassing major changes to our understanding of the concepts of unconscious and repression and the role of language.

Contents:

From disorder towards the focus of inquiry

The 'Freudian narrow' (FN) theory of symbolism

The 'symbol' in Freud's early writings (1893-1899)

Continuation and elaboration (1900-1913)

The 'core years' for the FN theory (1917-1917)

The treatment of symbolism in Freud's later writings (1918-1940)

The problem of the 'system unconscious'

The problem of language

Ernest Jones's contribution

The 'Freudian broad' (FB) theory of symbolism

Symbolism: logical constraints and psychological requirements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11428-4

0-511-15043-1

0-511-05428-9

1-280-42926-7

0-511-31017-X

0-511-58345-1

0-521-59152-X

0-511-17231-1

0-511-03904-2

OCLC:

437250316