The Unconscious in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis: On Lacan and Freud (The Routledge Neuropsychoanalysis Series) - Softcover

Balzarini, Marco Máximo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032602848 ISBN 13: 9781032602844

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

The Unconscious in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis presents a unique and provocative approach to the assimilation of these two disciplines while offering a thorough assessment of the unconscious from a neuropsychoanalytic and Lacanian perspective.

Marco Máximo Balzarini offers a comprehensive overview of Freud’s theory of the unconscious and its importance within psychoanalysis, before looking to how it has been integrated into contemporary neuropsychoanalytic work. Paying close attention to the field-defining work of neuropsychoanalysts such as Mark Solms, Francois Ansermet, and Pierre Magistretti, Balzarini considers the dichotomy between neuroscience and psychoanalysis, and the omnipresent debate on if and how they should be integrated when working with the unconscious. Throughout, he provides a fascinating Lacanian interpretation, showing how the work of Lacan can offer a new way of developing the dialogue and understanding around this vital topic.

Part of the Routledge Neuropsychoanalysis Series, this book will be of interest to any psychoanalyst seeking to explore the foundations of the relationship between neuropsychoanalytic and Lacanian ideas in their clinical and theoretical work.

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About the Author

Marco Máximo Balzarini is a practitioner of Lacanian-oriented psychoanalysis in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, and is a Professor of Psychoanalysis at National University of Córdoba (UNC). He has published widely in national and international academic journals, books and newspapers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032602848
• ISBN 13: 9781032602844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174