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Psychoanalysis and the Sciences

By Andre Haynal

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0520082990, 9780520082991
LCC
BF175 .H3848 1993
Open Library ID
OL1741791M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
32 MB (33446150 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
300\300
Scanned
no
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

The relationship existing between science and psychoanalysis has long been tense, critical, even hostile. Andr? Haynal addresses this relationship by examining three questions: how is psychoanalytic "knowledge" established? what methodology and epistemology underlie psychoanalytic theory? and what are the historical circumstances that have shaped psychoanalysis?Haynal is familiar with the full spectrum of analytic thought and begins with a systematic discussion of analytic theory. The second part of the book covers a series of historical topics and includes discussions of Freud and his relations with his followers. A chapter on Freud and his "favorite disciple," Sandor Ferenczi, is an engrossing account of the complex intellectual and personal connection the two men shared.

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