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Denial, Negation, and the Forces of the Negative

Author(s) : Wilfried Ver Eecke

Reviews and Endorsements

This is the best treatise on denial in the philosophical literature. - Jon Mills, author of "The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis"

"This book relates Freud's theory of denial and negation to Hegel, Lacan, and Spitz, producing conclusions on the nature of human freedom and wholeness that are both philosophically interesting and practically useful. The last two chapters move the theoretical discussion very much into the realm of practical life and should be useful both to therapists and to individuals." - Edward Hugh Henderson, coeditor of "Captured by the Crucified: The Practical Theology of Austin Farrer"

Author Biography:
At Georgetown University, Wilfried Ver Eecke is Professor of Philosophy and also teaches courses in psychology and psychoanalysis. He is the coauthor (with Alphonse De Waelhens) of "Phenomenology and Lacan on Schizophrenia", "After the Decade of the Brain" and "Saying "No": Its Meaning in Child Development, Psychoanalysis, Linguistics, and Hegel".


Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Complex Phenomenon of Denial
2. The Epistemological Problem of Self-description in Freudian Psychoanalysis
3. Denial and Hegel's Philosophical Anthropology
4. Denial and Hegel's Theory of the Will
5. A Child's No-Saying: A Step towards Independence
6. Oedipus, the King: How and How not to Undo a Denial
7. Denial, Metaphor, the Symbolic, and Freedom: The Ontological Dimensions of Denial
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index