The Unconscious in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis: On Lacan and Freud (The Routledge Neuropsychoanalysis Series)

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. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 The Concept of the Unconscious in Current Neurosciences Neuroplasticity and Memory Procedural Reality Internal and Autonomous Reality The Mental Unconscious Between Two Neurobiological Theories Drive, Jouissance, and Motor Activation Life Outside of the Being that Speaks Cognitive Machine The Id, Affective Consciousness The Neurochemical Basis of Libido There is no Intracerebral Relationship RSI Brain Mapping Psychoanalysis will Disappear if it is Not Saved by Neurobiology Interview with Dr.Carlos Daniel Mías 2 The Intention in Freud’s Saying: There is no Relationship Between the Unconscious and the Brain Beginnings of the Relationship with Science Soul Surgery From a Conception that Starts from the Brain to Another that Excludes it Difficulties in the Project The Last Man Drive Fixation Does Not Take Place in the Brain Of a Non-Biological Body To Make a Mistake is to Say it Right Scientific Infatuation The Problem of Scientific Induction Senses of the Term Unconscious The Term “Lo” The Turn of the 1920s Beyond Scientific Experimentation Logic of the Unconscious in Freud’s Work 3 The Non-Relationship of the Unconscious and the Brain in Lacan’s Reading of Freud The Neuroscientific Unconscious and Ours The Contemporary Doctor Brain, Therefore I am Body that Enjoys 4 Consequences of the Biologization of the Unconscious From a Paradox within these Neurosciences Neuroreligion Imaginization of the Unconscious The Real in Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis The Neuropharmacological Model The Right to Health Neuroscientificism Science Fiction The Ascent of the Signifier Neuro Psychoanalysis Position Revolution or Subversion Desire to Wake Up 5 Neuroscientific Imputations to Psychoanalysis Therapeutic Ineffectiveness No Falsifiability It’s not a Science Diffusion Deprivation Universe of Discourse Insufficiency in the Explanation of the Mind Postpone Relief It Does Not Submit Its Operation to Expert Evaluation The Non-Existence of the Sage It is Not Welcome! Final Thoughts Bibliography Index