Science, Psychoanalysis, and the Brain Space for Dialogue [Hardcover]

This book is an invitation to dialogue, created by a practising physiologist, intended for the hands of dynamically oriented theory-sensitive psychologists and physiologists.Marom guides the reader through reflections on neurophysiology, expressed with and guided by depth-psychology in mind. Neurophysiology resumes its traditional humbled stance towards matters of the psyche, and the intellectual autonomy of depth psychology is acknowledged. The author leads the reader through methodological errors that have plagued recent reductive efforts, paving the way for an alternative, relational approach.Marom guides the reader through reflections on neurophysiology, expressed with and guided by depth-psychology in mind. Neurophysiology resumes its traditional humbled stance towards matters of the psyche, and the intellectual autonomy of depth psychology is acknowledged. The author leads the reader through methodological errors that have plagued recent reductive efforts, paving the way for an alternative, relational approach.Science, Psychoanalysis and the Brain is an invitation to a space for dialogue where reflections on neurophysiology are expressed with and guided by depth-psychology in mind; a space where neurophysiology resumes its traditional humbled stance towards matters of the psyche, and where the intellectual autonomy of depth psychology is acknowledged. The author leads the reader through the terrain of methodological errors that have plagued recent reductive approaches, paving the way for a dialogue that is based on an alternative, relational approach. Neurophysiology is discussed on a high level of abstraction, enabling a genuine analysis of the organization of the brain through its relational interactions with the world. In this dialogue, where psychology provides a theoretical framework that contributes to physiology, both parties are benefited. Neurophysiology gains important constraints and guidance in phrasing meaningful questions, psychology gains furtl£'