Consciousness and the Unconscious by David Archard - 9781032934815

Consciousness and the UnconsciousAuthor(s): David Archard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032934815, 978-1032934815\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1984, Consciousness and the Unconscious deals with the concept of the unconscious as originally defined by Sigmund Freud, and as subsequently developed, defended and criticized in continental writing at the time. It starts by describing the institutional context in which psychoanalytic theory developed, and the philosophical context which it met, and goes on to discuss Freuds own understanding of the term unconscious. This is followed by an account of Sartres influential critique of Freud. In the central chapters of the book, the principal relevant ideas of Lacan, and his pupils Laplanche and Leclaire, are introduced, and the author shows how these overlook an important aspect of Freudian ideas, and rest on an incoherent theory of language and meaning. Finally, th.