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From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis has had an uneasy, even mistrustful, relationship to philosophy. Recognizing that they are interested in many overlapping issues, practitioners of both disciplines are dubious of both the methods and the conclusions of the other; the result is that opportunities for cross-fertilization are easily overlooked. In this Handbook, Aner Govrin and Tair Caspi create a conversation that aims to capitalize on the potential for mutual enrichment that is possible when psychoanalysts and philosophers carefully and respectfully address shared concerns. The editors have assembled a distinguished group of authors; some are psychoanalysts, some philosophers, and many are both. The result is a collection that is sure to engage and inform readers interested in deepening their understanding of some of the most foundational themes of both psychoanalysis and philosophy. Jay Greenberg, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, William Alanson White Institute, United States. Former editor of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly and recipient of the Mary S. Sigourney Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychoanalysis, 2015 Freud always thought that psychoanalysis would take over from the philosophy of mind and make it redundant. He seems to have been wrong because Aner Govrin and Tair Caspi, the editors, have collected a signifcant team of contemporary philosophers from around the world who are still investigating just how the two disciplines compare, contrast, discount each other or can collaborate together. So, what has psychoanalysis done with philosophy and for philosophy, they ask; and also philosophy for psychoanalysis. There is a landmark quality about this extensive compendium of these two overlapping and penetrating disciplines. These thirty-three Chapters pick out the interacting schools – both philosophical and psychoanalytic – and the multiple philosophical infuences on our confusing dispersion of the psychoanalytic schools. This wide-ranging gathering of knowledgeable philosophers and psychoanalysts will tell us, and if they don’t, then they give us much to think about for ourselves. It is for reference, frequent reference. Bob Hinshelwood, Professor Emeritus, University of Essex, UK Panoramic in scope and scholarly in execution, the Handbook edited by Aner Govrin and Tair Caspi brings together contributions from some of today’s leading thinkers across both disciplines, including philosophically-engaged practising psychoanalysts, to present a stimulating overview of contemporary developments. What struck me most about this collection is the multiple ways in which the essays variously bring the old and the established into innovative dialogue with the new and the forward-looking. Traditional giants of philosophy and enduring philosophical themes are here cross-fertilized with traditional giants of post-Freudian and enduring psychoanalytic issues. What emerges is a series of fresh perspectives on important topics on the interface of both disciplines some of these perspectives unfolding in the light of contemporary movements and concerns. There are some real gems amongst these contributions, and I expect that diferent readers will be rewarded by fnding their own diferent favourites. I recommend this handbook as a valuable and thought-provoking collection giving a timely snapshot of forward-looking twenty-frst-century thinking about the interface between psychoanalysis and philosophy. In my view it will stand the test of time as a signifcant contribution to demonstrating that psychoanalysis and philosophy simply cannot do without each other.’ Agnes Petocz, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University, Australia. Author of Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism (CUP, 1999) THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PHILOSOPHY The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy provides a rich panoramic view of what philosophy ofers or disturbs in psychoanalysis and what it represents for psychoanalytic theory and practice. The 33 chapters present a broad range of interfaces and reciprocities between various aspects of psychoanalysis and philosophy. The Handbook demonstrates the vital connection between the two disciplines: psychoanalysis cannot make any practical sense if it is not entirely perceived within a philosophical context. Written by a team of world-leading experts, including established scholars, psychoanalysts, and emerging talents, the Handbook investigates and discusses the psychoanalytic schools and their philosophical underpinning, as well as contemporary applied topics. Organized into fve parts, this volume investigates and discusses how psychoanalysis stands in relation to leading philosophies such as Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Kant; philosophical perspectives on psychoanalytic schools such as Freud, Klein, Bion, Kohut, and Lacan; and how psychoanalysis addresses controversial topics in philosophy such as truth, language and symbolism, ethics, and theories of mind. The last part addresses contemporary applied subjects in psychoanalytic thought: colonialism, gender, race, and ecology. This Handbook ofers a novel and comprehensive outlook vital for scholars, philosophers, practicing psychoanalysts, and therapists alike. The book will serve as a source for courses in psychoanalysis, philosophy of science, epistemology, ethics, semiotics, cognitive science, consciousness, gender, race, post-colonialism theories, clinical theory, and Freud studies, both in universities and psychoanalytic training programs and institutes. Aner Govrin, Ph.D., is a philosopher, clinical psychologist, and psychoanalyst. He is the Director of the doctoral track “Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics” in the Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies program at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. In addition, he is a member of the Tel- Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TAICP). He is the editor of the Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis series and the author of Ethics and Attachment: How We Make Moral Judgments (Routledge, 2015) and Conservative and Radical Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Knowledge: The Fascinated and the Disenchanted (Routledge, 2019). Tair Caspi, Ph.D., is a senior clinical psychologist and lecturer in the doctoral program of Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics track, Bar-Ilan University. She is also a staf member of the advanced program for psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Tel Aviv University. She is an associate editor of the Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis series. She is the author of Metaphors in Psychoanalysis: Refecting on the Language of Klein, Winnicott, and Ogden (Resling, 2020). Additionally, she has published several journal articles and book chapters on the intersection between psychoanalysis and the philosophy of language. THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK SERIES The Routledge International Handbook of Consumer Psychology Edited by Cathrine V. Jansson-Boyd, Magdalena J. Zawisza The Routledge International Handbook of Sandplay Therapy Edited by Barbara A. Turner The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Addiction Edited by Thaddeus Birchard and Joanna Benfeld The Routledge International Handbook of Forensic Psychology in Secure Settings Edited by Jane L. Ireland, Carol A. Ireland, Martin Fisher, Neil Gredecki The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Positive Psychology Edited by Nicholas J. L. 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Identifers: LCCN 2022021185 (print) | LCCN 2022021186 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367276454 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032365251 (paperback) | ISBN 9780429297076 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Psychoanalysis and philosophy. Classifcation: LCC BF175.4.P45 R695 2023 (print) | LCC BF175.4.P45 (ebook) | DDC 150.19/5—dc23/eng/20220614 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021185 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021186 ISBN: 978-0-367-27645-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-36525-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-29707-6 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9780429297076 Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi List of Figures xii Contributors xiii Introduction 1 Aner Govrin PART I Philosophical Traditions and Psychoanalysis 19 1 Freud’s Theory of Freedom: Between Kant’s Faith and Schopenhauer’s Pessimism 21 Matthew C. Altman 2 Hegel’s Contributions to Psychoanalysis: Theory of Mind, Dialectics, and Projective Identifcation 36 Jon Mills 3 Nietzsche, Psychoanalysis, Nihilism 56 Jared Russell 4 Psychoanalysis Finds a Home: Emotional Phenomenology 67 Robert D. Stolorow 5 Bridging Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: A Hermeneutic Pathway Between the Disciplines 77 Roger Frie vii Contents 6 Wittgenstein: Disciple of Freud? 91 Edward Harcourt 7 Freud and the Legacy of Sensory Physiology 105 Leonardo Niro 8 Trauma and Language 126 Dana Amir PART II Psychoanalytic Schools and Teir Philosophical Perspectives 141 9 Freud and the Unconscious 143 Marcia Cavell 10 The Foundations of the Psychoanalytic Theories of Freud, Klein and Bion Compared 156 Michael Rustin 11 Fairbairn’s “Psychology of Dynamic Structure” and Philosophy 171 Graham S. Clarke 12 From Freud to Winnicott: Aspects of Paradigm Change 187 Zeljko Loparic 13 Kohut’s Self Psychology, Ethics, and Modern Society 213 John Hanwell Riker 14 What Is Intersubjectivity: From Phenomenology to Psychoanalysis 227 Lewis Kirshner 15 Subject and Subjecthood: From Philosophy to Psychoanalysis 249 Uri Hadar 16 Is Jung a Philosopher of Religion as Well as a Psychologist of Religion? 263 Robert A. Segal PART III Psychoanalysis, Epistemology, and Truth 279 17 The Anxieties of Truth in Psychoanalytic and Philosophic Thought 281 Shlomit Yadlin-Gadot viii Contents 18 Truth and Psychoanalysis 297 Charles Hanly 19 Metaphors and the Question of Truth in Psychoanalytic Language 307 Tair Caspi 20 Facts and Sensibilities: What Is a Psychoanalytic Innovation? 322 Aner Govrin 21 Psychoanalytic Evidence: The Old and the New 343 Ed Erwin PART IV Philosophical Debates 357 22 The Psychoanalytic das Ich: Lost in Translation 359 Alfred I. Tauber 23 Subjectivity in Philosophy, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience: From World-Brain Relation Over Neuro-ecological Self to the Point of View 374 Georg Northof 24 Psychoanalysis, Self-Deception, and the Problem of Teleology 387 Simon Boag 25 A-Rationality: The Views of Freud and Wittgenstein Explored 403 Linda A. W. Brakel 26 Intersubjectivity and Responsibility in Relational Psychoanalysis and Modern Jewish Philosophy 417 Michael Oppenheim 27 Ethics of Discontent 431 Shai Frogel PART V Applied Subjects 447 28 What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Cyberspace? 449 Slavoj Žižek 29 Psychoanalysis, Race and Colonialism 466 Stephen Frosh ix