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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779416303321

Autore

Hinshelwood R. D.

Titolo

Research on the couch : single-case studies, subjectivity and psychoanalytic knowledge / / R.D. Hinshelwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-69311-4

0-203-37455-X

1-299-38659-8

1-136-69304-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

The new library of psychoanalysis

Disciplina

616.89/17

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Basics : what is belief, what is science? -- pt. 3. Justifying psychoanalytic knowledge -- pt. 4. Testing the test.

Sommario/riassunto

Is psychoanalysis knowledge? Is psychoanalysis a science, or is it hermeneutics? Can clinical material be considered research data?Psychoanalysis is ambiguous about whether it is about meaning or about truth, and the relations between these two compelling experiences. Psychoanalysts often think of their work as closer to the humanities than to medical and natural science. The wider the gap between science and psychoanalysis appears, the more psychoanalysts feel pulled to something that respects subjectivity, the humanity of their patients themselves, and move away from the procedures