ABSTRACT

Philosophy had either ignored or attacked psychoanalysis: such responses are neither warranted nor helpful. One hundred years after its inception, isn't it time to find out what psychoanalysis has to offer us? In Passion in Theory Robyn Ferrell does just that, and returns with some surprising answers.
Concentrating on the work of Freud and Lacan, Robyn Ferrell asks why their work had been so influential in European philosophy yet so marginal in the Anglo-American circles. Passion in Theory explores their conception of the relationship between mind and body, and how it provides a key to many current philosophical questions.
Passion in Theory is designed for students and researchers in psychoanalysis, traditional and continental philosophy.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|9 pages

Body

chapter 2|9 pages

Dreams

chapter 3|5 pages

Life

chapter 4|7 pages

Sex

chapter 5|6 pages

Love

chapter 6|9 pages

Language

chapter 7|9 pages

Knowledge

chapter 8|6 pages

Being

chapter 9|7 pages

Desire

chapter 10|6 pages

Cure