Freud and Philosophy
If Paul Ricoeur is correct in seeing the various currents of contemporary philosophy all converging on the problem of a qgrand philosophy of language, q then the first sixty pages of this absorbing study of Freud may become the rallying point from which future work can begin. This first part of Freud and Philosophy, qProblematic, q presents a profound and clear theory of signification, symbol, and interpretation. The second part, qA Reading of Freud, q is required reading for anyone seriously interested in psychoanalysis. The third section interpretation of Ricoeur's own theory of symbolaparticularly religious symbolawhich places this study at the center of contemporary debate over the sense of myth. In this book are revealed Ricoeur the philosopher of language; Ricoeur the critic of Freud; and Ricoeur the theologian of religious symbol. The author is outstanding in all three roles, and the book that emerges is of rare profundity, enormous scope, and complete timeliness. Paul Ricoeur is professor of philosophy at the University of Paris. aPaul Ricouerabhas done a study that is all too rare these days, in which one intellect comes to grips with another, in which a scholar devotes himself to a thoughtful, searching, and comprehensive study of a geniusabThe final result is a unique survey of the panorama of Freudian thought by an observer who, although starting from outside, succeeds in penetrating to its core.a aAmerican Journal of Psychiatry aPrimarily an inquiry into the foundations of language and hermeneuticsab[Ricoeur uses] the Freudian ahermeneutics of suspiciona as a corrective and counter-balance for phenomenology and create a anew phenomenologyaabThis important workabshould have an impact upon serious thinking in philosophy, theology, psychology, and other areas which have been affected by Freud studies.aaInternational Philosophical Quarterly aA stimulating tour de force that allows us to envisage both the psychoanalytic body of knowledge and the psychoanalytic movement in a broad perspective within the framework of its links to culture, history and the evolution of Western intellectual thought.a a Psychoanalytic Quarterly Paul Ricoeur is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and the University of Paris.In this book are revealed Ricoeur the philosopher of language; Ricoeur the critic of Freud; and Ricoeur the theologian of religious symbol.
| Title | : | Freud and Philosophy |
| Author | : | Paul Ricoeur, Denis Savage |
| Publisher | : | Yale University Press - 1977-01-01 |
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