Consciousness and the aconscious in psychoanalytic theory /Ahmed Fayek, PhD.
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 105 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The two faces of a puzzle -- Two approaches to the enigma of consciousness -- Methodology, terminology, and the missed point -- Freud's project and the conception of consciousness -- A concise of the theory of the aconscious -- The unconscious and the aconscious.
In this book, Fayek summarizes current arguments and debates stemming from neurological and phenomenological perspectives. He presents the notion that consciousness needs to be considered a human phenomenon and not simply a manifestation of brain activity, which is an occurrence shared by all organisms.