Unconscious Wisdom: A Superego Function in Dreams, Conscience, and Inspiration

by Dan Merkur

In a detailed engagement with the psychoanalytic theories of dreams, conscience, empathy, and creativity, Dan Merkur argues that the superego is an unconscious reasoning process, dedicated to the representation of the loved object. The superego's access to the repressed and devotion of time to single topics make it both more knowledgeable and more intelligent than the conscious ego. This is the final installment in Merkur's three-volume exploration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791449483
• ISBN13: 9780791449486
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"