Making Death Thinkable: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Problem of the Transience of Life

by Franco De Masi

Mans perception of the finite nature of life is always present, resulting in anxieties of varying intensity, depending on the persons character and on the phases of life he is going through. De Masi is aware of the philosophical, sociological, religious or mystical approaches to the problem of death, but he chooses to focus on, and remain within, the theoretical frame of reference of psychoanalysis. He explores how different psychoanalytic theories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853437832
• ISBN13: 9781853437830
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"