Freud, Luria and the Clinical Method
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This paper begins with a review of the scientific and technical problems that led Freud to abandonneuroscience and to establish the new discipline of psychoanalysis. That review is followed by aconsideration of some developments that took place in the neurosciences after Freud's death, due to theefforts of the Soviet neurologist, A.R. Luria. These developments seem to reverse the historical justificationfor an ongoing separation between psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Luria's early involvement withpsychoanalysis is then described in detail, and its possible influence on his neuropsychological work isconsidered. The paper ends with the suggestion that a reintegration of psychoanalysis with theneurosciences is now possible, due to the fact that Luria has addressed all the major neuroscientificproblems that Freud identified as the stumbling blocks to a viable neurological understanding of mentalfunctioning. A methodological proposal for future neuro-psychoanalytical interdisciplinary research isadvanced on the basis of these historical considerations. In this paper I want to show how knowledge of thehistory (and prehistory) of our discipline can sometimes contribute to the solution of contemporaryscientific problems of practical importance.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012