Routledge The Paradoxical Legacy of Sigmund Freud

By way of a new reading of The Complete Works of Sigmund Freud, this book introduces the notion of a theory of practice to the psychoanalytic endeavour. Spelled out in terms of interdependent components, namely; aim, technique and theoretical premises, the author takes the reader through Freud's oeuvre so that he emerges as a relentless, theoret Review "Moran, a psychoanalyst in Australia, offers a new reading of Freud that addresses the concern that his ideas and methods are out of date. She stresses that Freud was a practioner and not a scientist, and that our main inheritance from him is his notion of human subjectivity in distinction from the objective notion of the human supporting other human sciences. She revisits Freud's concept of a split-psyche, the ateiology and mechanisms of neuroses, and explains his tripartite theory of practice--theoretical premises, technique and aim. She considers Paul Verhaeghe's project as a direct Freudian inheritance and offers a reading of Marie Cardinal's The Words to Say It to clarify the idea of human subjectivity."-- (12/01/2011) About the Author Frances Moran (BBSc (Hons), MSc (ClinPsych), PhD, MAPS) is in private practice in Armadale, Australia, working as a clinician within the psychoanalytic tradition. She has many journal articles in the field of psychoanalysis to her name and several books including 'Subject and Agency in Psychoanalysis: Which is to be Master?' (New York Univerity Press, 1993) and 'Searching for the Soul: Psychoanalytical and Theological Reflections on Spiritual Growth' with T. Kelly (St Pauls, Strathfield, Australia 1999).