Freud, the reluctant philosopher / Alfred I. Tauber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tauber, Alfred I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Philosophy.

Freud, Sigmund.

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed, while Freud remained firmly committed to positivist ideals, his thought was permeated with other aspects of German philosophy. Placed in dialogue with his intellectual contemporaries, Freud appears as a reluctant philosopher who failed to recognize his own metaphysical commitments, thereby crippling the defense of his theory and misrepresenting his true achievement. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry, Alfred Tauber argues that Freudianism still offers a rich approach to self-inquiry, one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Psychoanalysis as Philosophy

Chapter One. The Challenge (and Stigma) of Philosophy

Chapter Two. Distinguishing Reasons and Causes

Chapter Three. Storms over Königsberg

Chapter Four. The Paradox of Freedom

Chapter Five The Odd Triangle: Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud

Chapter Six. Who Is the Subject?

Chapter Seven. The Ethical Turn

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612936531

9781282936539

1282936530

9781400836925

1400836921

OCLC:

659584861