Freud 150th Anniversary

Although the arguements advanced by these scientists tends to supplement the neurological approach to subjectivity, it might do well to recall Lacan's views on neurology. During a talk he gave to M.I.T. in the 1970s, Lacan was asked a question by Noam Chomsky on thought. In his reply, Lacan stated that he had seen enough E.E.G. readings to know that there was not a single thought in the brain (Rudinesco, 1997). These comments, which scandalized Lacan's audience, may be interpreted as an allusion to the overwriting of the real by the symbolic. Science takes the real as its object of study without attending to the veiling of the object by its representation. E.E.G. readings, for example, are representations, and for Lacan the representation, as in speech, is all that exists. The meaning of that which it refers to is invariably constructed within a chain of signifiers from which it is possible to hypostatize a concept only when the principle of metaphoricity at work in its meaning is obfuscated. Such obfuscation is part of the 'paranoic refusal of recognition' (Lacan, 1953: p. 93), the stabilization of the barred subject, in which communication, in this case that of science, 'always subjectively includes its own reply' (ibid: p. 93).

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[ansgar1965]

Yes, Aaron Beck is outstanding, but the others are suffering from Folie à deux (F24 - ICD-10).

Friedrich Nietzsche pointed out:

"Wahnsinn bei Individuen ist selten, aber in Gruppen, Nationen und Epochen die Regel."

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[willardsheen]

So you do, then?

[MultiverseQueen]

You should of course watch the entire video before commenting - it's about an hour long and it's fascinating how they prove and disprove him. It's on the legacy of Freud and the fact that - though there may be holes in his theories or immaturity to the concepts, the foundation of what he brought to the psychoanalytical world, cannot be denied.

video.google.com/videoplay?doc­id=7105612073399571007

[leapsplashafrog]

to provide love and nurturing that people really need.

[leapsplashafrog]

...provide longer term therapy. We all need love and nurturing to properly heal whatever a funded journal says. Take care if yourself and try to use your feelings to work out the truth from the spin. Best wishes

[leapsplashafrog]

@mega

To help your understanding bear in mind that you need to experience psychotherapy to really know psychotherapy. And all psychotherapies can be boiled down into three main models psychoanalytical, behavioural and humanistic. They have many things in common cause they have borrowed deeply from each other over time. Once you know more you will see this more clearly. Money has been thrown into finding 'evidence' because politically the govt policy is to get people back to work and don't want

[leapsplashafrog]

@mega

You sound like the sort of person who needs so called evidence to call rain wet. The existence of the Unconscious mind, defenses and transference (the main points made by Freud and psychoanalysts since) are proven everyday in ordinary peoples lives, clinics and therapy rooms. How come you dont know this? Are you a child? Beware fake idols of what is called evidence. The real world is the best evidence of all.

[mega17]

@leapsplashafrog

Most of Freud's theories had no evidence to support them - All the evidence could not be shown due to doctor-patient confidentiality.

Privacy or not, it means most of his theories were based on complete subjective opinions and intuition. No real evidence.

Schools everything teach that he was wrong - Although a big influence in psychology as a whole.

If you think they're idiots - Well, the Psychological world thinks the same of you.

[leapsplashafrog]

In my opinion Freud was a genius who recognised our true nature. cbt is for the uniformed simpletons and poor buggers who have been conditioned into thinking their thoughts matter or can be controlled. The nhs reeks of idiocy at the moment.

[DarkLawify]

@pedagogyagent I could not of said that better myself.

[JerrySPsy]

That's analogous to someone doing a study on the high prevalence of pedophilia amongst Catholic priests & then u turn around & accuse the author of promoting pedophilia!? Freud saw that people struggled w/ anger, rage, sexual urges, insecurities, & other urges but that they defended themselves against all this w/ various defense mechanisms. He endeavored to strip away these defenses so he could see what people were defending against & help with those issues to help make their ego more intact..

[JerrySPsy]

@Achilles1389 I didn't see single quote from Freud in the video that I watched. I have the whole library of Freud's works in my study and have read them all and I can categorically tell you that he was not a racist. And for Duke to state that "no single man has done more to destroy the family" or that Freud was the "father of the sexual revoulation" is beyond insane. If one sees a phenomenon in the course of their work & theorizes about it - how does that translate to their endorsement of it?!