The quality of the mind - Couverture rigide

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Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9042034858 ISBN 13 : 9789042034853

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2012

Synopsis

Society and contemporary culture unquestionably assign much importance to the search for quality. So can this kind of research include the mind? In his analysis, Luigi Longhin examines the causes of mental illness and psychic-mental suffering, the notions of individuality, social violence, and utopia; and he suggests a collaboration between the neurosciences and psychoanalysis, within a correct epistemological approach. The relationship between epistemology and psychoanalysis is examined. The objectivistic and relativistic shift in contemporary epistemology, and the problem of the responsibility of the techno-scientific system are emphasized. Why such a privileged connection with philosophy? The contribution of philosophy is primarily epistemological. However, both epistemology and psychoanalysis run a risk; whilst epistemology runs the risk of being a knowledge which does not know, psychoanalysts run the risk of pursuing scientific knowledge without knowing its foundations. Hence there is a need for collaboration between the two forms of knowledge: the philosophical-epistemological and the scientific-psychoanalytic. Psychoanalysis works in two directions: on the one hand, it tries to eliminate the negative components of the mind, on the other hand, it tries to develop the trusting and creative parts of the self.

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À propos de l'auteur

Professor Luigi Longhin is a psychotherapist with a psychoanalytic background. He has taught philosophy and history, and has given lecture courses on The Epistemology of Human Sciences and Child Developmental Psychology. He is the author of Psicoanalisi e Potere (Psychoanalysis and Power) with F. Mazzei, 1991; Alle Origini del Pensiero Psicoanalitico (At the Origins of Psychoanalytic Thought), 1992; Insegnare Oggi (Teaching Today), with G. Magnoni, 1994; Temi e Problemi (Themes and Problems), 1998, and Sentieri della Mente (Pathways of the Mind) (2001) both co-authored with Mauro Mancia; Il Coniglio di Alice (Alice’s Rabbit) with P. Fancini, 2002; Il Benessere Mentale (Mental Well-being), 2010.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9042034858
• ISBN 13: 9789042034853
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne