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34%OFFHarry Trosman - Freud and the Imaginative World - 9780881630282 - V9780881630282
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Freud and the Imaginative World

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Description for Freud and the Imaginative World Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.

The current resurgence of interest in the scientific origins of psychoanalysis has overshadowed the artistic and literary models to which Freud had recourse time and again in the development and presentation of his theories. It is this neglected aesthetic wellspring of psychoanalysis to which Harry Trosman calls attention in Freud and the Imaginative World.

Trosman enriches our understanding of psychoanalysis by demonstrating how Freud's cultural and humanistic commitments guided his pursuit of a science of mind. Toward this end, he undertakes a number of challenging tasks: to situate Freud in the formative culture of his time, to adumbrate the human concerns ... Read more

Throughout, Trosman is a well-informed and engaging guide, both to the imaginative Freud and to the abundant literature on psychoanalysis and the arts. He documents Freud's continuing indebtedness to the literary models that nourished his theorizing and gave shape to his narrative clinical expositions, even as he takes pains to show how psychoanalysis has, in many ways, outgrown Freud's own reductive explanations of aesthetic phenomena. A skillfully crafted overview, Freud and the Imaginative World is an exemplary introduction to a crucial aspect of the Freudian legacy.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
233
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Hillsdale, United States
ISBN
9780881630282
SKU
V9780881630282
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Ref
99-1

About Harry Trosman
Harry Trosman, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, and a faculty member and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Reviews for Freud and the Imaginative World
"Trosman offers new insights into Freud's creativity and its relation to his cultural and familial roots. His book integrates a scholarly review of psychoanalytic history, a sophisticated understanding of modern psychoanalysis, and a sensitive and respectful recognition of the unique characteristics of art and the humanities into a major new synthesis." - Robert Michels, M.D. "This integrative survey ... Read more

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