Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on Interpretation
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2"/ xiii, 573pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket with creasing, chipping, and tears to edges and rubbing and toning to covers. Orange cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Corners are bumped. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in pencil to front free end paper. Occasional inked underlining and notation to pages. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
If Paul Ricoeur is correct in seeing the various currents of contemporary philosophy all converging on the problem of a "grand philosophy of language," then the first sixty pages of this absorbing study of Freud may become the rallying point from which future work can begin.This first part of Freud and Philosophy, "Problematic," presents a profound and clear theory of signification, symbol, and interpretation. The second part, "A Reading of Freud," is required reading for anyone seriously interested in psychoanalysis. The third section interpretation of Ricoeur's own theory of symbol—particularly religious symbol—which places this study at the center of contemporary debate over the sense of myth. In this book are revealed Ricoeur the philosopher of language; Ricoeur the critic of Freud; and Ricoeur the theologian of religious symbol. The author is outstanding in all three roles, and the book that emerges is of rare profundity, enormous scope, and complete timeliness.Paul Ricoeur is professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.(Publisher). Good / good. Item #7374
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