Description If Paul Ricoeur is correct in seeing the various currents of contemporary philosophy all converging on the problem of a "grand philosophy of language," then the first sixty pages of this absorbing study of Freud may become the rallying point from which future work can begin.
Ricoeur uses] the Freudian \'hermeneutics of suspicion\' as a corrective and counter-balance for 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 p. "Paul Ricouer...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...
Paul Ricoeur is professor of philosophy at the University of Paris.
The author is outstanding in all three roles, and the book that emerges is of rare profundity, enormous scope, and complete timeliness.
In this book are revealed Ricoeur the philosopher of language
Ricoeur the critic of Freud; and Ricoeur the theologian of religious symbol.
The third section Interpretation of Ricoeur\'s own theory of symbol--particularly religious symbol--which places this study at the center of contemporary debate over the sense of myth.
The second part, "A Reading of Freud," is required reading for anyone seriously interested in psychoanalysis.
This first part of Freud and Philosophy, "Problematic," presents a profound and clear theory of signification, symbol, and interpretation.
Description If Paul Ricoeur is correct in seeing the various currents of contemporary philosophy all converging on the problem of a "grand philosophy of language," then the first sixty pages of this absorbing study of Freud may become the rallying point from which future work can begin
