Seduction, Drive and Repetition: Freud's Metaphysics of Trauma (Figures of the Unconscious) - Softcover

Westerink, Herman; Van Haute, Philippe

 
9789462704862: Seduction, Drive and Repetition: Freud's Metaphysics of Trauma (Figures of the Unconscious)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9462704864 ISBN 13: 9789462704862
Verlag: Leuven University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

This book makes the compelling argument that the key to understanding Freud’s clinical writings and psychoanalytical theories lies in his trauma theory. The authors argue that Freud never truly abandoned his initial trauma theory – the seduction theory – in favour of the Oedipus complex and the primacy of fantasy. Instead, Freud progressively enriched his understanding of trauma, expanding his theory to include references to the evolution of human beings and organic life. Trauma runs as a red thread throughout Freud’s oeuvre. It occupies a central position in both his clinical case studies and his meta-psychological speculations. Freud ultimately develops a metaphysics of trauma and a tragic view of human existence – a worldview that continues to resonate within contemporary philosophy and psychoanalysis.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Herman Westerink is endowed and associate professor at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen. Philippe Van Haute (†) was full professor at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen, and extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria.

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This book makes the compelling argument that the key to understanding Freud’s clinical writings and psychoanalytical theories lies in his trauma theory. The authors argue that Freud never truly abandoned his initial trauma theory – the seduction theory – in favour of the Oedipus complex and the primacy of fantasy. Instead, Freud progressively enriched his understanding of trauma, expanding his theory to include references to the evolution of human beings and organic life. Trauma runs as a red thread throughout Freud’s oeuvre. It occupies a central position in both his clinical case studies and his meta-psychological speculations. Freud ultimately develops a metaphysics of trauma and a tragic view of human existence – a worldview that continues to resonate within contemporary philosophy and psychoanalysis.

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Verlag
Leuven University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9462704864
ISBN 13 
9789462704862
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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