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Title Origins and ends of the mind : philosophical essays on psychoanalysis / edited by Christian Kerslake and Ray Brassier.

Publication Info. Leuven [Belgium] : Leuven University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Figures of the unconscious ; 7
Figures of the unconscious ; 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents pt. 1. Origin and end : relation between psychic origins and psychic normativity -- pt. 2. Psychoanalysis and evolution -- pt. 3. Philosophy and the psychosexual subject.
Summary Psychoanalysis claims that the individual human mind is structured by its childhood relationships with its parents. But the theory of attachment, evolutionary psychology and contemporary philosophy of mind have all recently re-introduced new dimensions of innateness into mental development and pathology. If attachment is an instinct, then what is the psychological status of the child''s relation to the mother? If the mind is in part a product of evolution, then how far down do the inhibitory mechanisms of the mind go? If the mind of the child is shaped by their encounter with a set of prohibit.
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Subject Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis.
Sex (Psychology)
Sex (Psychology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kerslake, Christian.
Brassier, Ray.
ISBN 9789461660374 electronic book
9461660375 electronic book
9789058676177
905867617X