The quest for conscience and the birth of the mind

Summary: This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a "mature" or "healthy" conscience - a "conscience capable of maturation"--And the classical notion of the superego; it also postulates that the two may represent two separate lines of development. Conscience is seen to be inseparable from consciousness; the development of a mature conscience is seen to have its foundation in the development of a true or authentic self, while the classical notion of the superego

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ISBN: 1855757052
ISBN: 9781855757059
ISBN: 1849406936
ISBN: 9781849406932
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 161 pages)
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Publisher: London : Karnac Books, ©2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Philosophical and psychoanalytic background -- The true self and psychological birth -- The spiritual perspective in psychoanalysis -- Theories of conscience -- Clinical examples -- Summary and conclusions.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.