ABSTRACT

A systematic effort to rethink Freud's theory of the unconscious, aiming to separate out the different forms of unconsciousness. The logico-mathematical treatment of the subject is made easy because every concept used is simple and simply explained from first principles. Each renewed explanation of the facts brings the emergence of new knowledge from old material of truly great importance to the clinician and the theorist alike. A highly original book that ought to be read by everyone interested in psychiatry or in Freudian psychology.

part One|21 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

Scope, Outline and Meaning of this Book

part Two|38 pages

Indispensable Notions

chapter 2|10 pages

Some Logico-Mathematical Concepts 1

chapter 3|26 pages

A Reference to My Previous Work

part Three|73 pages

From the Unrepressed Unconscious to the Symmetrical Mode of Being

part Four|51 pages

Symmetrical Being (Unrepressed Unconscious) as Infinite Sets

chapter 12|9 pages

The Problem

chapter 15|7 pages

Omnipotence, Omniscience and Idealisation

chapter 16|2 pages

Emotion and the Infinite Sets

part Five|25 pages

The Infinite Sets and the Question of Measurement of Unconscious Processes

part Seven|60 pages

The General Laws of the Bipolarity Symmetrical-Asymmetrical or Unconscious-Conscious

part Eight|28 pages

A Retrospective Look and a General Perspective

chapter 30|4 pages

Summing-Up