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1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"The unconscious, cornerstone of psychoanalysis, was a key twentieth-century concept and retains an enormous influence on psychological and cultural theory. Yet there is a surprising lack of investigation into its roots in the critical philosophy and Romantic psychology of the early nineteenth century, long before Freud. Why did the unconscious emerge as such a powerful idea? And why at that point? This interdisciplinary study breaks new ground in tracing the emergence of the unconscious through the work of philosopher Friedrich Schelling, examining his association with Romantic psychologists, anthropologists and theorists of nature. It sets out the beginnings of a neglected tradition of the unconscious psyche and proposes a compelling new argument: that the unconscious develops from the modern need to theorise individual independence. The book assesses the impact of this tradition on psychoanalysis itself, re-reading Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams in the light of broader post-Enlightenment attempts to theorise individuality"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; The Foundation of the Unconscious; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the historiography of the unconscious; The broader unconscious; Methodological problems; Marquard; Foucault; The liberal unconscious; The unconscious; The argument; Part I The subject before the unconscious; 1 A general science of the I: Fichteand the crisis of self-identification; The self as object; The will of the I; Towards an unconscious; The self's new interior; 2 Natural autonomy: Schelling and the divisions of freedom; The freedom of nature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.
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Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854. |
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. |
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Subconsciousness.
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Subconsciousness. |
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Psychoanalysis -- History.
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Psychoanalysis. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ffytche, Matt. Foundation of the unconscious. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521766494 (DLC) 2011031544 (OCoLC)746618697 |
| ISBN |
9781139024006 (electronic book) |
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1139024000 (electronic book) |
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9781139204576 |
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1139204572 |
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9781139206150 (electronic book) |
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113920615X (electronic book) |
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9780521766494 |
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0521766494 |
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9781139203173 |
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