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The Unconscious in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis On Lacan and Freud
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.
Introduction 1. The concept of the unconscious in current neurosciences 2. The intention in Freud's saying: There is no relationship between the unconscious and the brain 3. The non-relationship of the unconscious and the brain in Lacan's reading of Freud 4. Consequences of the biologization of the unconscious 5. Neuroscientific imputations to psychoanalysis Final thoughts
Biography
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.
