The Existentialist Critique of Freud: The Crisis of Autonomy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Existentialist Critique of Freud: The Crisis of Autonomy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gerald N. Izenberg
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenrePhenomenology and Existentialism
ISBN/Barcode 9780691616957
ClassificationsDewey:150.1952
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

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