Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy

<p><em>The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy</em> provides a rich panoramic view of what philosophy offers or disturbs in psychoanalysis and what it represents for psychoanalytic theory and practice. The thirty-three chapters present a broad range of interfaces and reciprocities between various aspects of psychoanalysis and philosophy. It demonstrates the vital connection between the two disciplines: psychoanalysis cannot make any practical sense if it is not entirely perceived within a philosophical context.</p><p>Written by a team of world-leading experts including established scholars psychoanalysts and emerging talents the Handbook investigates and discusses the psychoanalytic schools and their philosophical underpinning as well as contemporary applied topics. Organized into five sections this volume investigates and discusses how psychoanalysis stands in relation to leading philosophies such as Wittgenstein Heidegger Nietzsche and Kant; philosophical perspectives on psychoanalytic schools such as Freud Klein Bion Kohut and Lacan; how psychoanalysis addresses controversial topics in philosophy such as truth language and symbolism ethics and theories of mind. The last section addresses contemporary applied subjects in psychoanalytic thought: colonialism gender race and ecology. </p><p>This Handbook offers a novel and comprehensive outlook vital for scholars philosophers practicing psychoanalysts and therapists alike. The book will serve as a source for courses in psychoanalysis philosophy of science epistemology ethics semiotics cognitive science consciousness gender race post-colonialism theories clinical theory Freud's studies both in universities and psychoanalytic training programs and institutes. </p>