Wish-fulfilment in philosophy and psychoanalysis : the tyranny of desire /
Wish-fulfilment as a singular means of satisfying ineluctable desire is a pivotal concept in classical psychoanalysis. Freud argued that it was the thread that united dreams, daydreams, phantasy, omnipotent thinking, neurotic and some psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, art, myt...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Psychoanalytic explorations series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Wish-fulfilment as a singular means of satisfying ineluctable desire is a pivotal concept in classical psychoanalysis. Freud argued that it was the thread that united dreams, daydreams, phantasy, omnipotent thinking, neurotic and some psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, art, myth, and religious illusions. The concept's theoretical exploration has been largely neglected within psychoanalysis since, but contemporary philosophers have recognised it as providing an explanatory model for much of the kind of irrational behaviour so problematic for psychiatry, social psychology and the philosophy of mind. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (459 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135903688 (electronic bk.) 1135903689 (electronic bk.) 1306707633 (ebk) 9781306707633 (ebk) 9780203553084 |