Unconscious wisdom : a superego function in dreams, conscience, and inspiration / Dan Merkur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merkur, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superego.

Psychoanalysis.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 163 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a detailed engagement with the psychoanalytic theories of dreams, conscience, empathy, and creativity, Dan Merkur argues that the superego is an unconscious reasoning process, dedicated to the representation of the loved object. The superego's access to the repressed and devotion of time to single topics make it both more knowledgeable and more intelligent than the conscious ego. This is the final installment in Merkur's three-volume exploration of the psychoanalysis of religious experiences—volumes one and two are The Ecstatic Imagination: Psychedelic Experiences and the Psychoanalysis of Self-Actualization and Mystical Moments and Unitive Thinking, also published by SUNY Press.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

The Coherence of the Dream-Work

Conscience, Ego Ideals, and Self-Observation

Inspiration

Metaphor as a Tertiary Process

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791490754

0791490750