文档介绍：The Unconscious
‘Interesting and very suggestive.’
Philosophical Review
The Unconscious: a conceptual analysis is an important and
clearly written philosophical inquiry into the fundamental con-
cept of psychoanalysis: the unconscious.
Alasdair MacIntyre argues that Freud’s conception of the un-
conscious plicated by his tendency to use the term in two
different ways. MacIntyre shows how Freud uses the term ‘un-
conscious’ both as a straightforward description of psycholo-
gical phenomena, and as a theoretical notion to explain the links
between childhood events and adult behaviour. This clarification
helps to shed light on the many misunderstandings of psycho-
analysis, and to separate out what is, and what is not, of lasting
value in Freud’s account of the unconscious.
The Unconscious also explores the nature of psychological theory
and examines theories of motivation, purpose and reason in
light of the history of philosophy.
This edition includes a substantial new preface by the author, in
which he discusses repression, determinism, transference, and
practical rationality, and offers parison of Aristotle and
Lacan on the concept of desire. MacIntyre takes the opportunity
to reflect both on the reviews and criticisms of the first edition
and also on his own philosophical stance.
Alasdair MacIntyre is Research Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Notre Dame. He is the author of some of the most
influential works of contemporary philosophy, including After
Virtue and A Short History of Ethics.
The Unconscious
A conceptual analysis
Revised edition
ALASDAIR MACINTYRE
First published 1958
by Routledge & Kegan Paul
This edition published 2004
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the UK
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
MacIntyre, Alasdair C.
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