TY  - GEN
T1  - Wittgenstein reads Freud : the myth of the unconscious
T2  - New French thought.
A1  - Bouveresse, Jacques
A2  - Descombes, Vincent
LA  - English
LA  - French
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 1995
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm51673645
AB  - Did Freud present a scientific hypothesis about the unconscious, as he always maintained and as many of his disciples keep repeating? This question has long prompted debates concerning the legitimacy and usefulness of psychoanalysis, and it is of utmost importance to Lacanian analysts, whose main project has been to stress Freud's scientific grounding. Here Jacques Bouveresse, a noted authority on Ludwig Wittgenstein, contributes to the debate by turning to this Austrian-born philosopher and contemporary of Freud for a candid assessment of the early issues surrounding psychoanalysis. Wittgenstein, who himself had delivered a devastating critique of traditional philosophy, sympathetically pondered Freud's claim to have produced a scientific theory in proposing a new model of the human psyche. What Wittgenstein recognized--and what Bouveresse so eloquently stresses for today's reader--is that psychoanalysis does not aim to produce a change limited to the intellect but rather seeks to provoke an authentic change of human attitudes. The beauty behind the theory of the unconscious for Wittgenstein is that it breaks away from scientific, causal explanations to offer new forms of thinking and speaking, or rather, a new mythology. Offering a critical view of all the texts in which Wittgenstein mentions Freud, Bouveresse immerses us in the intellectual climate of Vienna in the early part of the twentieth century. Although we come to see why Wittgenstein did not view psychoanalysis as a science proper, we are nonetheless made to feel the philosopher's sense of wonder and respect for the cultural task Freud took on as he found new ways meaningfully to discuss human concerns. Intertwined in this story of Wittgenstein's grappling with the theory of the unconscious is the story of how he came to question the authority of science and of philosophy itself. While aiming primarily at the clarification of Wittgenstein's opinion of Freud, Bouveresse's book can be read as a challenge to the French psychoanalytic school of Lacan and as a provocative commentary on cultural authority.
OP  - 143
CN  - BF175.4.P45 B6813 1995eb
SN  - 1400811104
SN  - 9781400811106
SN  - 9781400821594
SN  - 1400821592
SN  - 9780691029047
SN  - 0691029040
SN  - 0691034257
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : 1889-1951 : Views on psychoanalysis.
KW  - Freud, Sigmund, : 1856-1939 : Influence.
KW  - Freud, Sigmund, : 1856-1939.
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : 1889-1951.
KW  - Freud, Sigmund, : 1856-1939
KW  - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, : 1889-1951
KW  - Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
KW  - Philosophy.
KW  - Freudian Theory
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Psychanalyse et philosophie.
KW  - Philosophie.
KW  - philosophy.
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY : Movements : Psychoanalysis.
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Psychoanalysis
KW  - Psychoanalysis and philosophy
KW  - Psychoanalyse.
KW  - Filosofische aspecten.
ER  -