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The Existentialist Critique of Freud: The Crisis of Autonomy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Existentialist Critique of Freud: The Crisis of Autonomy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gerald N. Izenberg
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:368 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Phenomenology and Existentialism |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691616957
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Classifications | Dewey:150.1952 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Although largely sympathetic to Freud's clinical achievement, the existentialists criticized Freudian metapsychology as inappropriate to a truly humanistic psychology. Gerald Izenberg evaluates the critique of Freud in the work of two existential philosophers, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre, and two existential psychiatrists, Ludwig Binswang
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