Philosophie, mythologie et pseudo-science. English

Wittgenstein reads Freud : the myth of the unconscious / Jacques Bouveresse ; translated by Carol Cosman ; with a foreword by Vincent Descombes.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995.

xx, 143 pages ; 24 cm.

BEIN 2018 5555: Number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4" on title page verso indicates 4th printing. Imperfect: Front cover stained. Paperbound. Autograph: Samuel R. Delany. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.

Text in English, translated from the original French by Carol Cosman.

"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."--Jacket.

English

June 01, 2002

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.