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This book is concerned with the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge. Why is a new book on this topic justified? The answer is partly reflected by Neu’s remark:
Freud’s influence continues to be enormous and pervasive. He gave us a new and powerful way to think about and investigate human thought, action and interaction. He made sense of ranges of experience generally neglected or misunderstood. And while one might wish to reject or argue with some of Freud’s particular interpretations and theories, his writings and his insights are too compelling to simply turn away. There is still much to be learned from Freud.
(Neu, 1991, p. 1)
Indeed, due to Freud’s enormous and pervasive influence1 on many aspects of our cultures, our ways of thinking, writings and insights, it would be foolish to claim that there is nothing more we can learn from him. Hence, the present book.
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Chung, M.C. (2003). Examining the Nature of Psychoanalytic Knowledge. In: Chung, M.C., Feltham, C. (eds) Psychoanalytic Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230001152_1
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