1st Edition

Hegel and Psychoanalysis A New Interpretation of "Phenomenology of Spirit"

By Molly Macdonald Copyright 2013
244 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

Both Hegel's philosophy and psychoanalytic theory have profoundly influenced contemporary thought, but they are traditionally seen to work in separate rather than intersecting universes. This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and brings it into conversation the work of two of the best-known contemporary psychoanalysts, Christopher Bollas and André Green. Hegel... Read more

Introduction  1. Hegel’s Concept of Force in the Phenomenology Of Spirit  2. Hegel’s Re-Running of the Play of Forces as a Way of Understanding Intersubjectivity and Its Discontents  3. Negation, Binding, and Thirdness: The André Green –Hegel Couple  4. Thought Structures and Shapes of Knowing: Christopher Bollas, the Elaboration of "The Third" and the Binding Process  Conclusion

Biography

Molly Macdonald is Lecturer in Literary Theory at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.