1st Edition

The Spirit of Sanity

By Neville Symington Copyright 2001
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

A rare and unusual consideration of the spiritual dimensions of sanity from a psychoanalytic perspective, this transcription of a series of seven lectures delivered at the Tavistock Clinic capture the spontaneity and immediacy of the interplay between one of the world's most eminent psychoanalysts and an audience of his peers. The author of the established psychoanalytic classics Emotion and... Read more
Preface -- Introductory remarks -- An ontology for sanity -- Freedom and survival -- A pattern of madness -- Emotional action and strengthening of the ego -- God and the worm -- Trauma and attachment -- How our technique is affected by this outlook -- The spirit of sanity: discussion of central issues -- Closing remarks -- The true god and the false god -- An exegesis of conscience in the works of Freud -- Envy: a psychological analysis -- "I feel a fraud"

Biography

Symington, Neville