Open Minded

Lear, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0674455347 / ISBN 13: 9780674455344

Editore: Harvard University Press, 1999

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The author argues that everywhere we look in contemporary culture, knowingness has taken the place of thought. This book is an assault on that "deadening trend", especially as it affects our deepest attempts to understand the human psyche - in philosophy and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481. . 1999. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Titolo: Open Minded
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0674455347
• ISBN 13: 9780674455344
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Freud is discredited, so we don't have to think about the darker strains of unconscious motivation anymore. We know what moves our political leaders, so we don't have to look too closely at their thinking either. In fact, everywhere we look in contemporary culture, knowingness has taken the place of thought. This book is a spirited assault on that deadening trend, especially as it affects our deepest attempts to understand the human psyche-in philosophy and psychoanalysis. It explodes the widespread notion that we already know the problems and proper methods in these fields and so no longer need to ask crucial questions about the structure of human subjectivity.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Lear is John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor and a member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.