The quest for conscience and the birth of the mind / Annie Reiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reiner, Annie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superego.

Conscience.

Philosophy of mind.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a ""mature"" or ""healthy"" conscience - a ""conscience capable of maturation"" - and the classical notion of the superego; it also postulates that the two may represent two separate lines of development. Conscience is seen to be inseparable from consciousness; the development of a mature conscience is seen to have its foundation in the development of a true or authentic self, while the classical notion of the su

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I: CONSCIENCE AND MORALITY: THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS; PART II: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSCIENCE; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-92198-5

0-429-90775-3

0-429-48298-1

1-282-90080-3

9786612900808

1-84940-693-6

9780429482984

OCLC:

723944260