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Freudian repression, the Unconscious, and the Dynamics of Inhibition

by Simon Boag

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Repression and the unconscious in psychoanalytic debate

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Repression and the unconscious in psychoanalytic debate

Simon Boag examines repression as a disputed concept in Freudian psychoanalysis: the idea that people can deny themselves knowledge of what is in their own minds. The book connects debate over repression with arguments about traumatic memories and their recovery, while also considering how later psychoanalytic approaches, including mentalization, have reduced its prominence. Memory’s role in therapy provides an important thread through these discussions. The subject is presented as both a foundational psychoanalytic idea and a point of continuing controversy, giving the book a focused route into disagreements about the unconscious, memory, and inhibition.

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  • Readers studying Freudian psychoanalysis and the concept of repression.
  • Readers interested in debates about traumatic memory and memory’s role in therapy.
  • Readers exploring shifts in psychoanalytic approaches, including mentalization.

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Freudian psychoanalysisRepression and the unconsciousTraumatic memory and recoveryMemory in therapyMentalization

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Possibly no other psychoanalytic concept has caused as much ongoing controversy, and attracted so much criticism, as that of 'repression'. Repression involves denying knowledge to oneself about the content of one's own mind and is most commonly implicated in disputes concerning the possibility of repressed memories of trauma (and their subsequent recovery). While fundamental in Freudian psychoanalysis, recent developments in psychoanalytic thinking (e.g., 'mentalization') have downplayed the importance of repression, in part due to less emphasis being placed on the importance of memory within therapy.
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