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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pataki, Tamas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Psychoanalytic Explorations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (228 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781135903688
1135903689
1306707633
9781306707633