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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Psychoanalysis as philosophy, psychoanalysis as worldview

pp. 40-53

Abstract

What makes the world go round, the human world that is? What are the leading forces that act in, on and possibly through humans? How do we know them? These are fundamental questions, almost but not quite as fundamental as it gets. They are the questions asked, and sometimes even answered, by the major psychoanalytic theories. There is a more fundamental question still: what is the relationship between the forces that act in, on and through humans and the forces that reign in the cosmos? How humans can and should align their lives with cosmic principles is a religious question that psychoanalysis for the most part does not address, though Freud gave it a start. All the other questions are the province of psychoanalysis.

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Chung Man, Feltham Colin (2003) Psychoanalytic knowledge. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 40-53

DOI: 10.1057/9780230001152_3

Full citation:

(2003) „Psychoanalysis as philosophy, psychoanalysis as worldview“, In: M. Chung & C. Feltham (eds.), Psychoanalytic knowledge, Dordrecht, Springer, 40–53.