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The Proper Image of Mankind
Author(s) -
Pedder Jonathan R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1989.tb01263.x
Subject(s) - humanism , id, ego and super ego , centaur , metaphor , psychoanalysis , psychology , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , romance , philosophy , art , classics , theology
SUMMARY. Guntrip's (1977) vehement rejection of Erikson's (1965) image of man as centaur, particularly when the latter seemed so close to Freud's rider‐and‐horse metaphor for the ego and id, prompted a review of the appropriateness of these and similar metaphors or images of mankind such as centaur, fallen angel or irredeemable devil. This leads into the consideration of other issues such as whether psychoanalysis is a science or an art; whether it belongs in the rational or romantic tradition; whether it is a science at a pre‐scientific metaphorical stage or a new humanism in its own right.