Anticipation

The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis E-Book

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Read your free e-book: http://copydl.space/mebk/50/en/B00QJ87FCI/book The first extended treatment of Hegels theory of the unconscious and his anticipation of Freud.offering the first comprehensive examination of Hegels theory of the unconscious abyss, Jon Mills rectifies a much neglected area of Hegel scholarship. Mills shows that the unconscious is the foundation for conscious and self-conscious life and is responsible for the normative and pathological forces that fuel psychic development. In addition, Mills illustrates how Hegels idea of the unconscious abyss transcends his time and is a pivotal concept to his entire philosophical systemone that advances the current understanding of the psychoanalytic mind.a well written and extensively argued text that aims to show the unconscious as the foundation for conscious and self-conscious life. Review of Metaphysicsthe Unconscious Abyss is in many ways a remarkable book, particularly in the manner and content of Mills exposition of both Hegels and Freuds ideas. Psychologist-psychoanalystjon Mills explores, in an intellectually rigorous and detailed way, the Hegelian notion of abyss as a precursor to the psychoanalytic concept of the unconscious Millss book is important and timely because it broadens and deepens our understanding of Freud, whose legacy, dispersed in a welter of camps and approaches, is due for reappraisal. His demonstration of the affinities between Freud and Hegel aids our understanding of psychoanalysis both historically and philosophically. Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciencesmills works out a splendid examination of the many vicissitudes of Hegels account of the unconscious, and also offers a tremendously helpful and perceptive historical introduction which situates Hegels own theory in terms of its antecedents and influences, as well as a fascinating discussion of the ways in which Hegels theory may be brought into dialogue with Freudian psychoanalytic thought. The book shows not only how intrinsically interesting Hegels thinking about the unconscious is, but also how it is both an imaginative extension of prior speculation as well as a provocative anticipation of twentieth-century preoccupation with the unconscious. This is an absolutely splendid piece of work! Daniel Berthold-bond, author of Hegels Theory of Madness and Hegels Grand Synthesis: A Study of Being, Thought, and Historymills succeeds admirably in demonstrating the pertinence of Hegel to psychoanalysis