Unconscious Logic (The New Library of Psychoanalysis) - Softcover

Rayner, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415127262 ISBN 13: 9780415127264

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

While the theories of Matte Blanco about the structure of the unconscious and the way in which it operates are generally recognised to be the most original since those of Freud, for many people the ways in which his ideas are expressed, including the use of terminology from mathematics and logic, make them difficult of access.

Eric Rayner has written the first clear introduction to Matte Blanco's key concepts for psychotherapists and psychoanalysts and all those concerned with moving psychoanalytic thinking forward. He sets out the central ideas in a way which is easy to understand and then shows, with examples, how they relate to clinical practice. He also describes how the ideas are related to those of people in other disciplines - mathematics, logic, psychology (specifically Piaget), and anthropology, among others.

Drawing on the work of a group of people who have been inspired by Matte Blanco's thinking to extend their own ideas and test them out in the consulting room, this book reveals the significance of Matte Blanco's thought for future research.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Rayner is a psychoanalyst in private practice in London and training analyst at the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415127262
• ISBN 13: 9780415127264
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192