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Title: The Psychoanalytic Mind: From Freud to Philosophy by Marcia Cavell ISBN: 0674720962 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5

Rating: 2
Summary: Decent philosophy but nothing of a writer...
Comment: Cavell's book, while successful in formulating a few entriguing philosophical points, fails at the most basic level of writing with clarity. Her style is, indeed, anything but clear. While style is certainly not the most important aspect of philosophical work, it is crucial for the effective communication of ideas (a notion that Cavell herself expresses rather obtusely at times in the first few chapters). It seemed to me that the convoluted structure of sentences and overcomplicated lines of argument were intended merely to provide unnecessary flesh to some fairly simple assertions. Look to the first and last few paragraphs of each chapter for the point. Any time that the author directly states a conclusion it leaves me wondering at the purpose of all the other talk. Cavell's book is by no means a complete loss. However, someone looking to this book for an informative philosophical analysis of Freud would benefit far more from Philip Rieff's Freud: The Mind of the Moralist. It is better writing, and better philosophy.

Rating: 5
Summary: What are values? What is love?
Comment: this book is a fascinating journey into the core of psychoanalysis and philosophy.Beyond that,it brings the reader into a real insight into the questions :What are values ? and even:What is love? For the skeptic,staying with the 234 pages of easy reading are worth your while

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