Requiem for the ego Freud and the origins of postmodernism
Requiem for the Ego recounts Freud's last great attempt to 'save' the autonomy of the ego, which drew philosophical criticism from the most prominent philosophers of the period-Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Despite their divergent orientations, each contested the ego's cap...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798416706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Psychoanalytic Ego; 2. Prospects of Enlightenment; 3. Adorno: Reconceiving the Ego; 4. Heidegger's Confrontation; 5. Lacan's "Return to Freud"; 6. The Désirants: Whither the Ego?; 7. Wittgenstein and the Quandary of Private Language; Conclusion: Reason and Its Discontents; Notes; References; Index
