Freud and the Buddha: the couch and the cushion

This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism, viewed not as a rel...

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Beteiligte: Hoffer, Axel (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: London Karnac Books 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
Ausgabe:1. publ.
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Buddhismus / Psychoanalyse
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Psychoanalysis
B Psychology
B Social Psychology
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Zusammenfassung:This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism, viewed not as a religion but as a psychology and a philosophy with ethical principles.The focus of the book rests on the commonality between the psychoanalyst's neutrality as he listens to his freely associating patient, and the Buddhist monk's non-judgmental attention to his mind. The psychoanalytic concepts of free
ISBN:1782201475