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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791287003321

Autore

Fayek Ahmed

Titolo

Consciousness and the aconscious in psychoanalytic theory / / Ahmed Fayek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; : , : London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-4252-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Consciousness

Psychoanalysis

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

Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Consciousness; 2 The Two Approaches to the Enigma of Consciousness; 3 Methodology, Terminology, and Missed Point; 4 Freud's Project and the Conception of Consciousness; 5 A Brief Account of the Theory of the Aconscious; 6 The Unconscious and the Aconscious; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In this book, Fayek summarizes current arguments and debates stemming from neurological and phenomenological perspectives. He presents the notion that consciousness needs to be considered a human phenomenon and not simply a manifestation of brain activity, which is an occurrence shared by all organisms.</span></span>