Research Catalog

Title

Exploring the life of the soul: philosophical reflections on psychoanalysis and self psychology / John Hanwell Riker.

Author

Riker, John Hanwell

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Description

xxvii, 166 pages; 24 cm

Summary

In this book, John Hanwell Riker develops and expands the conceptual framework of self psychology in order to offer contemporary readers a naturalistic ground for adopting an ethical way of being in the world.

Subject

• Psychoanalysis
• Psychology
• Self Psychology
• Philosophy
• Psychoanalytic Theory

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Psychoanalysis and the nature of the self and soul. 1. Knowledge in psychoanalysis: can there be a science of subjectivity? -- 2. The life of the soul -- 3. Subjectivity, the ego, and the self -- 4. The erotic self: Plato, Freud, and Kohut -- 5. Ancient theology and contemporary self psychology -- 6. Emerson and Thoreau: the self in relation to nature -- Part II. Self psychology, culture, and society. 7. Ethics, modern society, and self psychology -- 8. Self psychology and the problem of the other -- 9. What do humans need to be human? -- 10. Self psychology and historical explanation -- Conclusion --Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781498543903
• 1498543901
• 9781498543910 (canceled/invalid)
• 149854391X (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 975286223
• SCSB-10661221

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library