Open Minded: Working Out the Logic of the Soul

Lear, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0674455339 / ISBN 13: 9780674455337

Edité par Harvard University Press, 1998

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Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive pencil underlining, dust jacket edges creased. Otherwise sound. 345 pp.

N° de réf. du vendeur 726615

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Open Minded: Working Out the Logic of the Soul
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674455339
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674455337
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

Freud is discredited, so we do not have to think about the darker strains of unconcious motivation anymore. We know what moves our political leaders, so we don't have to look closely at their thinking either. In fact, the author argues, everywhere we look in contemporary culture, knowingness has taken the place of thought. This book is an assault on that "deadening trend", especially as it affects our deepest attempts to understand the human psyche - in philosophy and psychoanalysis. It explodes the widespread notion that we already know the problems and proper methods in these fields and so no longer need to ask crucial questions about the structure of human subjectivity.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Freud is discredited, so we don't have to think about the darker strains of unconscious motivation anymore. We know what moves our political leaders, so we don't have to look too closely at their thinking either. In fact, everywhere we look in contemporary culture, knowingness has taken the place of thought. This book is a spirited assault on that deadening trend, especially as it affects our deepest attempts to understand the human psyche-in philosophy and psychoanalysis. It explodes the widespread notion that we already know the problems and proper methods in these fields and so no longer need to ask crucial questions about the structure of human subjectivity.