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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823334803321

Titolo

Origins and ends of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical essays on psychoanalysis / / edited by Christian Kerslake and Ray Brassier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, Belgium, : Leuven University Press, c2007

ISBN

94-6166-037-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Figures of the unconscious ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

KerslakeChristian

BrassierRay

Disciplina

150.195

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and philosophy

Psychoanalysis

Sex (Psychology)

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.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Origin and end : relation between psychic origins and psychic normativity -- pt. 2. Psychoanalysis and evolution -- pt. 3. Philosophy and the psychosexual subject.

Sommario/riassunto

Psychoanalysis claims that the individual human mind is structured by its childhood relationships with its parents. But the theory of attachment, evolutionary psychology and contemporary philosophy of mind have all recently re-introduced new dimensions of innateness into mental development and pathology. If attachment is an instinct, then what is the psychological status of the child''s relation to the mother? If the mind is in part a product of evolution, then how far down do the inhibitory mechanisms of the mind go? If the mind of the child is shaped by their encounter with a set of prohibit