- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: State University of New York Press (Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0791462161
- ISBN-13: 978-0791462164
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.2 x 1.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,998,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Constructive Criticism for Psychoanalysis
8 Feb 2011
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You would never known it from the title, but this actually a hard-hitting, if also quite compassionate, book.
It basically tells us what the author finds too limiting about psychoanalysis(very judgmental) and prescribes a kind of aesthetic that goes beyond
materialism, dualism(good and evil), and the competitive edge. It also tries to search for the meanings of our complexes,
with a kind of "compassionate allowing(my words from Vipassana, not the author's)" as opposed to shaming,
for a quicker way to effect positive change.
The psychopathological model keeps everyone invested in people being sick: "Let's find out how you're so sick. What kind of sick are you? Oo, that's bad!" It's like constantly touching a cold sore in your own mouth with the tongue.
There's more to living life than Freud's former stated goal for patients of "ordinary unhappiness." Later in Freud's life though, some of Jung's ideas began to dawn on him, we see from his post-humous writings. "How do we search for that better life?" is what this book addresses.
My only complaint is that the print is a bit too small. But I pushed through it, it was that good!
It basically tells us what the author finds too limiting about psychoanalysis(very judgmental) and prescribes a kind of aesthetic that goes beyond
materialism, dualism(good and evil), and the competitive edge. It also tries to search for the meanings of our complexes,
with a kind of "compassionate allowing(my words from Vipassana, not the author's)" as opposed to shaming,
for a quicker way to effect positive change.
The psychopathological model keeps everyone invested in people being sick: "Let's find out how you're so sick. What kind of sick are you? Oo, that's bad!" It's like constantly touching a cold sore in your own mouth with the tongue.
There's more to living life than Freud's former stated goal for patients of "ordinary unhappiness." Later in Freud's life though, some of Jung's ideas began to dawn on him, we see from his post-humous writings. "How do we search for that better life?" is what this book addresses.
My only complaint is that the print is a bit too small. But I pushed through it, it was that good!
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