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Psychoanalysis and its Great Contents – Freud and Beyond Part 7

The final post in the Freud and Beyond series - praising the critical role psychoanalysis has in helping people and illuminating the true nature of humankind

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 11 Comments November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 15 Minutes

Symbolic, Imaginary, Language and Lacan – Freud and Beyond Part 6

The sixth instalment of this series explores a variety of themes based on the work of Jacques Lacan and others around language, illusion and the unconscious

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 4 Comments October 28, 2019November 1, 2019 14 Minutes

Subjectivity, Narcissism and Self Psychology – Freud and Beyond Part 5

Part 5 of the Freud and Beyond series explores ideas around narcissism and self psychology in more detail - particularly the work of Winnicott and Kohut

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Feminism, Nietzsche, Ontology, Physics, Psychoanalysis, Taoism October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 14 Minutes

Connections, Libido, Genuinity and Fairbairn – Freud and Beyond Part 4

This post is all about the connections we make to sustain life - and the importance of that compassionate, life-affirming essence of one’s true self, Genuinity

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 7 Comments October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 16 Minutes

Integration, Annihilation, Reparation and Klein – Freud and Beyond Part 3

This post explores ideas influenced by the work of developmental psychologist Melanie Klein - in particular the ambivalent good and bad feelings at the core of every human being

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 2 Comments October 7, 2019October 9, 2019 13 Minutes

Love, Anxiety, Self and Sullivan – Freud and Beyond Part 2

This post explores a variety of ideas linked to the notion that human beings are better off together

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Ontology, Psychoanalysis, Taoism 24 Comments September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 13 Minutes

Conflict, Fantasy and Ego – Freud and Beyond Part 1

The first blog in a seven-part series illuminating a variety of psychoanalytic ideas inspired by the book Freud and Beyond

Joseph Shackley Existentialism, Psychoanalysis 9 Comments September 23, 2019August 24, 2019 13 Minutes

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