Book review of 'Wish-fulfilment in philosophy and psychanalysis: The tyranny of desire: T Pataki

What is it about?

Pataki's book identifies a failure in philosophy to offer adequate conceptual analysis of psychological phenomena. He argues that it remains impossible to do so without recourse to the concept of the dynamic unconscious, and employs Freud's concept of wish-fulfilment to construct explanatory models.

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Why is it important?

The disciplines of philosophy and psychoanalysis are inherently linked, and this book addresses the difficult conceptual area of the interface between the two.

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