Matthias Bormuth

Life Conduct in Modern Times (eBook, PDF)

Karl Jaspers and Psychoanalysis

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Produktbeschreibung

The German version of this book received the main award in 2001 of the prestigious Stehr-Boldt-Fonds of the University of Zürich for scientific research combining questions of medical ethics with social interest.

This award-winning book investigates the critique of psychoanalysis formulated by the psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) over a period of five decades. His arguments against Freud and his followers are examined from systematic perspectives. The study traces the medico-historical roots of Jasper's criticism of psychoanalysis and then places it within the framework of scientific theory before devoting itself extensively to medico-ethical aspects of the controversy, which are ultimately treated in terms of a history of mentalities. According to this view, Jasper's student Hannah Arendt saw to it that the philosopher be made aware of the socio-cultural impact which psychoanalysis was beginning to have in the U.S.A. The philosopher came to look upon psychoanalysis as a theory - in particular as it was propagated after 1945 in Germany and the U.S. - whose claim to scientific objectivity constituted a serious threat to the freedom of the individual. Max Weber's theory of science and his concept of modernity serve as a critical guide for the interpretation. Thus the normative premise of the investigation is the liberal idea that in a secular and pluralistic society it is ultimately the individual who is to take responsibility for life conduct.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402047657
• Artikelnr.: 37356052

Autorenporträt

Matthias Bormuth, geb. 1963, nach Medizinstudium und psychiatrischer Tätigkeit Promotion über Karl Jaspers und die Psychoanalyse. Seit 1998 Mitarbeiter am Tübinger Institut für Ethik und Geschichte in der Medizin mit geistesgeschichtlichen Arbeiten zu Psychiatrie, Philosophie und Literatur.

Inhaltsangabe

The Critique of Psychoanalysis 1913-1920.- Life Conduct in Modern Times.- Critique of Psychoanalysis in 1931.- Critique of Psychoanalysis in 1941.- The Founding of the Psychosomatic Clinic in Heidelberg 1946-1949.- Critique of Psychoanalytic Psychosomatics 1949-1953.- On the Critique of Psychoanalysis and Society 1950-1968.- Summary and Prospective View.

Rezensionen

On the German version of this book: "As a profound expert on the work of Karl Jaspers, the author has carefully and in a well-informed manner investigated the philosopher¿s controversy with the leading psychoanalysts of the time. [...] All in all an extensive study that captivates through its extraordinary quality of language." - Christian Müller, Gesnerus. Swiss Journal of the History of Medicine and Sciences "A masterwork of a scholarly, clear and impartial presentation which illuminates the border area between philosophy and psychoanalysis." - Hartmut Raguse, Theologische Literaturzeitung "Simply impressive. Bormuth undertakes nothing less than to reconstruct the philosophy of Jaspers in its complete historical context." - Ingo-Wolf Kittel, Der Nervenarzt