| FORM: | ARTICLE |
| Author: | Natsoulas, Thomas |
| Affiliation: | U California, Davis, USA |
| Title: | Freud and consciousness: VII. Dimensions of an alternative interpretation. |
| Source: | Psychoanalysis & Contemporary Thought, 1993. 16 (1): p.67-101 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Thesaurus terms: Consciousness States Freud (Sigmund) Psychoanalytic Theory |
| Added Keywords: | perspectives on Freud’s theory of consciousness |
| Classification Code: | Psychoanalytic Theory (3143) |
| Population Terms: Human | |
| Abstract: | Discusses Freud’s theory of consciousness from the perspectives of D. Rapaport (1960) and M. M. Gill and G. S. Klein (1964). These authors held that 2 theses are central to Freud’s conception: (1) consciousness qua subsystem of the physical apparatus is itself an apparatus analogous to a sense organ; and (2) the sense organ consciousness operates by the economics of the distribution of attention cathexes. This interpretation differs from that of the author who views consciousness as a complex property that is intrinsically possessed only by the conscious physical processes which proceed in Freud’s anatomically distinct perception-consciousness system. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) |