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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “Please see pictures for wear to cover.”
- Pages
- 192
- Publication Date
- 2008-07-25
- Book Title
- Becoming a Subject: Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
- ISBN
- 9780199287093
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199287090
ISBN-13
9780199287093
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63140685
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
194 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Becoming a Subject : Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Subject
Movements / Psychoanalysis, Mind & Body
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Psychology
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Review from previous edition Philosophers sceptical about the claims or use of psychoanalytic theory will do well to look particularly at the first two chapters EL Four central ideas -- central to psychoanalysis and central to understanding the self -- emerge as important for philosophers tonote: the prevalence of unconscious mental functioning; the implications of different forms of memory; the importance of anxiety and defence; and the way the past constantly informs the present EL [The book is] rich in ideas, and both philosophers and psychoanalysts will find insights that inspirenew thoughts and new directions of thought.'Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 'Review from previous edition Philosophers sceptical about the claims or use of psychoanalytic theory will do well to look particularly at the first two chapters EL Four central ideas -- central to psychoanalysis and central to understanding the self -- emerge as important for philosophers to note: the prevalence of unconscious mental functioning; the implications of different forms of memory; the importance of anxiety and defence; and the way the pastconstantly informs the present EL [The book is] rich in ideas, and both philosophers and psychoanalysts will find insights that inspire new thoughts and new directions of thought.'Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Dewey Decimal
150.19/5
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Neuroscience, Psychoanalysis, and Memory2. The Anxious Animal3. Keeping Time: Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through4. Triangulation, the Social Character of Thinking5. On Judgment6. Self-Reflections7. Irrationality and Self-Transcendence8. Freedom and Forgiveness9. Valuing the Emotions10. Self-Knowledge and Self-Discovery11. Good and EvilAppendix: Knowledge, Consensus,and Uncertainty
Synopsis
Marcia Cavell draws on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the sciences of the mind in a fascinating and original investigation of human subjectivity. A 'subject' is a creature, we may say, who recognizes herself as an 'I', taking in the world from her own subjective perspective; who is an agent, doing things for reasons, sometimes self-reflective, and able to assume responsibility for herself and some of her actions. The idea of a 'subject' points, then, toward an ideal. It asks for the conditions under which a human infant becomes a subject, and for the sorts of things, like self-deception and massive anxiety, that get in the way. What sorts of questions are these? Certainly philosophical. They burrow into central issues in moral philosophy: freedom of the will, the 'self', self-knowledge, the relations between reason and passion, between autonomy and self-knowledge, issues that form roughly the second half of the book. They lead also into metaphysics and epistemology: Is subjectivity incompatible with objectivity? Are subjects not also objects in the real world? As such, how are they to be treated? Would it be possible, in theory, for a creature to become a subject in the absence of relationships with other subjects? But the questions are also practical. In particular they are at the heart of psychoanalysis both as a theory of the mind, and as a therapy which aims at maximizing the ideals of autonomy and self-knowledge implicit in the very idea of a 'subject'. One of the guiding premises of Becoming a Subject is that philosophical investigation into the specifically human way of being in the world cannot separate itself from investigations of a more empirical sort. Cavell brings together for the first time reflections in philosophy, findings in neuroscience, studies in infant development, psychoanalytic theory, and clinical vignettes from her own psychoanalytic practice., Marcia Cavell draws on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the sciences of the mind in a fascinating and original investigation of human subjectivity. A "subject" is a creature, we may say, who recognizes herself as an "I", taking in the world from her own subjective perspective; who is an agent, doing things for reasons, sometimes self-reflective, and able to assume responsibility for herself and some of her actions. The idea of a 'subject' points, then, toward an ideal. It asks for the conditions under which a human infant becomes a subject, and for the sorts of things, like self-deception and massive anxiety, that get in the way. What sorts of questions are these? Certainly philosophical. They burrow into central issues in moral philosophy: freedom of the will, the "self", self-knowledge, the relations between reason and passion, between autonomy and self-knowledge, issues that form roughly the second half of the book. They lead also into metaphysics and epistemology: Is subjectivity incompatible with objectivity? Are subjects not also objects in the real world? As such, how are they to be treated? Would it be possible, in theory, for a creature to become a subject in the absence of relationships with other subjects? But the questions are also practical. In particular they are at the heart of psychoanalysis both as a theory of the mind, and as a therapy which aims at maximizing the ideals of autonomy and self-knowledge implicit in the very idea of a "subject". One of the guiding premises of Becoming a Subject is that philosophical investigation into the specifically human way of being in the world cannot separate itself from investigations of a more empirical sort. Cavell brings together for the first time reflections in philosophy, findings in neuroscience, studies in infant development, psychoanalytic theory, and clinical vignettes from her own psychoanalytic practice., Marcia Cavell draws on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the sciences of the mind in a fascinating and original investigation of human subjectivity. How does a person become a subject, and what might stand in the way? To answer this question, Cavell brings together philosophy, neuroscience, studies in infant development, and psychoanalysis.
LC Classification Number
BD223
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