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Origins and Ends of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychoanalysis (Figures of the Unconscious)
R. Brassier C. Kerslake
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Paperback. Editor(s): Kerslake, Christian; Brassier, Ray. Series: Figures of the Unconscious. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
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 prohibitions, how, in the ... Read more
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 prohibitions, how, in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Leuven University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Leuven, Belgium
ISBN
9789058676177
SKU
V9789058676177
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About R. Brassier C. Kerslake
Ray Brassier is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University (London, UK). Christian Kerslake is Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University (London, UK)
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