Freud & Philosophy: An essay on interpretation by Paul Ricoeur

Freud & Philosophy: An essay on interpretation by Paul Ricoeur

"Paul Ricoeur... has done a study that is all too rare these days, in which one intellect comes to grips with another, in which a scholar devotes himself to a thoughtful, searching, and comprehensive study of a genius.... The final result... is a unique survey of the panorama of Freudian thought by an observer who, although starting from outside, succeeds in penetrating to its core."—American Journal of Psychiatry

"Primarily an inquiry into the foundations of language and hermeneutics... [Ricoeur uses] the Freudian 'hermeneutics of suspicion' as a corrective and counter-balance for phenomenology. He proposes by this means to radicalize phenomenology and create a 'new phenomenology.'... This important work ... should have an impact upon serious thinking in philosophy, theology: psychology, and other areas which have been affected by Freud studies."-International Philosophical Quarterly

"A stimulating tour de force that allows us to envisage both the psychoanalytic body of knowledge and the psychoanalytic movement in a broad perspective within the framework of its links to culture, history, and the evolution of Western intellectual thought."-Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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• Paperback
• Condition: Good, the cover is slightly used but still overall sturdy, no notes/stamps
• ISBN: 0300021895
• Publishing House: Yale University Press