Psychoanalysis and the concept of at rule : an essay in the philosophy of psychoanalysis

Increasingly, people are becoming aware of the importance of rules with regard to the establishmnent of human behaviour. The present-day philosophy of action, following Wittgenstein, talks of rule following behavour, This book takes up the discussion, and indicates the importance of rules in Freudian psychoanalysis. In so doing, the book establishes a link between Freud and Wittgenstein Front Matter....Pages 1-5 Introduction....Pages 7-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Rhetoric in the psychoanalytic situation....Pages 13-20 Rules in the psychoanalytic situation....Pages 21-29 Variations of the psychoanalytic framework of rules....Pages 30-36 The meaning of the money factor for the psychoanalytic situation....Pages 37-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Action and rule....Pages 49-57 Psychoanalytic interpretation....Pages 58-68 The question of freedom and rules....Pages 69-78 Psychoanalysis and philosophical anthropology....Pages 79-87 Back Matter....Pages 88-99