Force, Drive, Desire: A Philosophy of Psychoanalysis

by Rudolf Bernet

Book Overview

In Force, Drive, Desire, Rudolf Bernet develops a philosophical foundation of psychoanalysis focusing on human drives. Rather than simply drawing up a list of Freud's borrowings from Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, or Lacan's from Hegel and Sartre, Bernet orchestrates a dialogue between philosophy and psychoanalysis that goes far beyond what these eminent psychoanalysts knew about philosophy. By relating the writings of Freud, Lacan, and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810142236
• ISBN13: 9780810142237
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"