03052nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10578013 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101208s2010 quca sb 001 0 eng d 2010484431 0773536809 (alk. paper) 9780773536807 9780773583474 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)767670638 BF315 .M55 2010eb 154.2 22 Mills, Jon, 1964- Origins [electronic resource] : on the genesis of psychic reality / Jon Mills. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010. xi, 304 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and indexes. Introduction : rethinking mind in the age of the brain -- Axioms -- Prolegomena to a system -- Spacings of the abyss -- Deciphering the "Genesis Problem" : on the origins of psychic reality -- Mind as projective identification -- Unconscious semiotics -- Ego and the abyss. "Origins is an intriguing and ambitious work. Jon Mills wants to do no less than develop a new, dialectical psychology that will shake the assumptions of self-satisfied psychologists and philosophers. The controversial nature of this book is one of its signal strengths." John Lachs, Centennial Professor Of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University." "The question of what constitutes psychic reality has been of interest to philosophers and psychologists for as long as humans have thought about the mind. In Origins, Jon Mills presents a provocative challenge to contemporary theories about the difference between the mind and body. By re-examining our understanding of the unconscious, Mills explains the birth of the psyche and provides a detailed account of the ways in which subjectivity is formed." "The first comprehensive work to articulate a psychoanalytic metaphysics based on process thought, the author uses dialectical logic to show how the nature and structure of mental life is constituted. Arguing that ego development is produced not only by consciousness but also evolves from unconscious genesis, he makes the controversial claim that an unconscious semiotics serves as the template for language and all meaning structures." "A thought-provoking account of idealism, Origins confronts the limitations of materialism and empiricism while salvaging the roles of agency and freedom that have been neglected by the biological sciences."--BOOK JACKET. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Subconsciousness. Psychoanalysis Philosophy. Mind and reality. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10578013 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 86961 86961