Jerome C. Wakefield

Freud's Argument for the Oedipus Complex (eBook, PDF)

A Philosophy of Science Analysis of the Case of Little Hans

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Produktbeschreibung

In this close reading of Freudian theory, Jerome C. Wakefield reconstructs Freud's argument for the Oedipal theory of the psychoneuroses, placing the case of Little Hans into a philosophy-of-science context, and critically rethinks the epistemological foundations of psychoanalysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000643312
• Artikelnr.: 64558844

Autorenporträt

Jerome C. Wakefield is university professor, professor of social work, affiliate professor of philosophy, professor of the conceptual foundations of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry (2007-2019), associate faculty in the Center for Bioethics in the School of Global Public Health, and honorary faculty in the Psychoanalytic Association of New York Affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine, at New York University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Freud's Lakatosian Moment, Or, Why Freud's Case of Little
Hans is the Most Important Clinical Theory Paper Freud Ever Wrote  2. "All
My Efforts Valueless": Freud's Lifelong Concern with the Suggestion
Objection as the Major Threat to Psychoanalytic Theory  3."A More Direct
and Less Roundabout Proof": The Hans Case as Freud's Response to the
Suggestion Objection  4. "A Little Oedipus": Freud's Analysis of the Hans
Case (co-authored with Jordan A. Conrad)  5. Freud Versus the Fright
Theory: Wolpe and Rachman's Behaviorist Challenge to the Oedipal Analysis
of the Little Hans Case  6. "Without an Object to Begin With ": Does the
Case Evidence Support Freud's Claim that Hans's Disorder Started with a
Period of Free-Floating Anxiety Preceding the Phobia?  7. "Chronological
Considerations Make It Impossible": Solving the Century-Old Puzzle of the
Day the Horse Fell Down  8. "A Repressive Process of Ominous Intensity":
Freud's N=1 Sexual Repression Argument  9. Methodological Interlude: The
Suitability Argument as Freud's Foundational Methodology and His Reply to
the Suggestion Objection  10. "Acquaintance at Close Quarters": Evaluating
Freud's Suitability Argument for the Oedipal Theory of Hans's Phobia  11.
Critical Analysis of Grunbaum's "Tally Argument" Analysis of Freud's
Response to the Suggestion Objection  12. Conclusion: The Little Hans Case,
Philosophy of Science, and the Fate of Psychoanalysis