David M Black

Why Things Matter

The Place of Values in Science, Psychoanalysis and Religion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, David M. Black considers psychoanalysis, religion, philosophy, developmental psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience and his own experience as a psychoanalyst, to explore the nature and power of both moral and aesthetic values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415493703
• ISBN-10: 0415493706
• Artikelnr.: 37183483

Autorenporträt

David M. Black is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society/ Institute of Psychoanalysis and a founder member of the Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling (WPF). He works in London. He has written and lectured widely on science, religion and consciousness studies and is the editor of Psychoanalysis and Religion in the 21st Century: Competitors or Collaborators? (Routledge, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Science and Values. Consciousness: 'A Fact Without Parallel'.
Value-free Science: Galileo and Darwin. Sympathy as a Capacity. How
Religions Work: A Comparison with Psychoanalysis. The Ownership of
Consciousness and the Uniqueness of Subjects. Mapping a Detour: Why Did
Freud Speak of a Death Drive? An Outline of a 'Contemplative Position'.
Selves and No-selves. The Basis of Responsible Commitment.