Radical claims in Freudian psychoanalysis : point/counterpoint / edited by M. Andrew Holowchak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958-

Contributor:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Jason Aronson, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radical Claims in Freudian Psychoanalysis: Point/Counterpoint, edited by M. Andrew Holowchak, features pro and con essays on some of the most extreme Freudian claims, including the Freudian unconscious and the Oedipus complex. The format of this volume allows for a close examination of the contentious issues in some of the most radical claims of Freud's psychoanalysis from different viewpoints.

Contents:

RADICAL CLAIMS IN FREUDIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Oedipus Complex; Chapter 1: Freud's Oedipus Complex: Shibboleth or Canard?; Chapter 2: The Oedipus Complex: It Made No Sense Then, It Makes No Sense Now; Chapter 3: Reply to Dr. Holowchak; Chapter 4: Reply to Dr. Kupfersmid; Part II: Dreams as Wish-Fulfillments; Chapter 5: The Puzzle of Dreams; Chapter 6: The Unhappy Fate of Freud's Dream Theory; Chapter 7: Reply to Dr. Michael; Chapter 8: Reply to Dr. Sand; Part III: Religion as Illusion

Chapter 9: Freud's Critique of Religion: How Damaging is his Account?Chapter 10: Freud and the Psychology of Atheism; Chapter 11: Reply to Dr. Cottingham; Chapter 12: Reply to Dr. Vitz; Part IV: Free Association; Chapter 13: On Behalf of Free Association; Chapter 14: Epistemological Liabilities of the Psychoanalytic Method of Free Association; Chapter 15: Reply to Dr. Lavin (M. Andrew Holowchak); Chapter 16: Reply to Dr. Grünbaum; Part V: The Unconscious; Chapter 17: Freud's Wunderblock: The Unconscious as Neural Palimpsest; Chapter 18: Freud's Greatest Failure: The Unconscious

Chapter 19: Reply to Dr. GillettChapter 20: Reply to Dr. Erwin; Part VI: Psychoanalysis as Weltanschauung; Chapter 21: Freud's Psychoanalysis: A Project for a Genuinely Scientific Psychology?; Chapter 22: Psychoanalysis as Weltanschauung; Chapter 23: Reply to Dr. De Block; Chapter 24: Reply to Dr. Kirsner; List of Contributors; Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31391-5

1-299-31626-3

0-7657-0908-2

OCLC:

855502811