The Truth About Freud's Technique : The Encounter With the Real /
In this unusual and much-needed reappraisal of Freud's clinical technique, M. Guy Thompson challenges the conventional notion that psychoanalysis promotes relief from suffering and replaces it with a more radical assertion, that psychoanalysis seeks to mend our relationship with the real that h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
NYU Press,
1994
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| Series: | Psychoanalytic Crosscurrents S.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Online Access: | Full text available: |
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| Summary: | In this unusual and much-needed reappraisal of Freud's clinical technique, M. Guy Thompson challenges the conventional notion that psychoanalysis promotes relief from suffering and replaces it with a more radical assertion, that psychoanalysis seeks to mend our relationship with the real that has been fractured by our avoidance of the same. Thompson suggests that, while avoiding reality may help to relieve our experience of suffering, this short-term solution inevitably leads to a split in our existence. M. Guy Thompson forcefully disagrees with the recent trend that dismisses Freud as an hist. |
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| Item Description: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages): digital file. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814784488 |
| Access: | Open Access |