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Neurosis and Assimilation

Contemporary Revisions on The Life of the Concept

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Authors:
  1. Charles William Johns

    1. Lincoln University, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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  • Is the first book to cover a thorough epistemological and ontological account of neurosis
  • Is a fountain of valuable knowledge for the general philosophy enthusiast or critical reader
  • Comes with endorsements and forewords from philosophers such as Ray Brasier, Graham Harman, Leonard Lawlor and Catherine Malabou
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (1 chapter)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Neurosis and Assimilation

    • Charles William Johns
    Pages 1-66
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About this book

This book deals with the possibility of an ontological and epistemological account of the psychological category 'neurosis'. Intertwining thoughts from German idealism, Continental philosophy and psychology, the book shows how neurosis precedes and exists independently from human experience and lays the foundations for a non-essentialist, non-rational theory of neurosis; in cognition, in perception, in linguistics and in theories of object-relations and vitalism. The personal essays collected in this volume examine such issues as assimilation, the philosophy of neurosis, aneurysmal philosophy, and the connection between Hegel and Neurosis, among others. The volume establishes the connection between a now redundant psycho-analytic term and an extremely progressive discipline of Continental philosophy and Speculative realism.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Lincoln University, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Charles William Johns

About the author

Charles John is currently a lecturer at the Lincoln University, engaging in the research group Continental philosophy and neurosis.

His debut book Incompatible Ballerina and Other Essay's has been published by John Hunt Publishing and has been heralded as "ground-breaking", "an intensification of thinking" and "informed with rare philosophical intelligence and insight". He has also been asked to introduce and edit a number of innovative essays on neurosis by leading scholars in various fields for Punctum Books (USA).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurosis and Assimilation

  • Book Subtitle: Contemporary Revisions on The Life of the Concept

  • Authors: Charles William Johns

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47542-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47541-7Published: 27 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47542-4Published: 19 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2211-4548

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 66

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ontology, Epistemology, Psychology Research

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