Book ID: CBB001210594

The Foundation of the Unconscious: Schelling, Freud, and the Birth of the Modern Psyche (2012)

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Ffytche, Matt (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: ix + 310 pp.
Language: English

From the publisher: "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"

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Authors & Contributors
Peck, John
Antonio Semerari
Kyburz, Mark
Boriaud, Jean-Yves
Hoerni, Ulrich
Ginger Nolan
Concepts
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Unconscious (psychology)
Philosophy
Science and art
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Renaissance
20th century, late
Places
United States
Italy
Germany
France
Europe
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