Juhani Ihanus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1458719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juhani Ihanus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juhani |
| FAMILY NAME | Ihanus |
| SIGNATURE | IHANUS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3526-1329 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Martti Siirala and Gaetano Benedetti – Friends in the dialogical and psychotherapeutic sharing of burdens
This article explores the dialogical collaboration and friendship between Martti Siirala and Gaetano Benedetti, particularly in the development of the psychotherapy of schizophrenia and the human psychotherapeutic attitude toward carrying and sharing burdens. Siirala and Benedetti outlined a psychotherapy that considers existential and philosophical dimensions alongside the clinical aspects of illness, without being bound by schools of thought, a…
On: Reply to Gilbert Pugh and Brian Johnson
Response to “Minding our metaphysics”1
Response to “Minding our metaphysics”1." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 93(5), pp. 1289–1290
Martti Siirala (November 24, 1922 – August 18, 2008): A seeker of human understanding and a unique language
Martti Olavi Siirala, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, and a dissident in terms of Finnish cultural life, died in Helsinki on August 18, 2008, at the age of 85. He was born in Liperi, eastern Finland, on November 24, 1922. This obituary outlines his life, professional career, and literary production
On neuropsychoanalytic metaphysics
Neuropsychoanalysis focuses on the neural counterparts of psychoanalytically interesting phenomena and has left the difference in the metaphysical presuppositions between neuroscience and psychoanalysis unexamined. The authors analyse the logical possibilities concerning the relation between the brain and the mental unconscious in terms of the serial, parallel, epiphenomenalist and Kantian conceptions, and conclude that none of them provides a sa…
On the relation between neural and psychological mechanisms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the “New Mechanists
The relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis is studied by taking “the new mechanism of neuroscience” under scrutiny. That new trend stresses that neuroscientific explanations are mechanistic explanations in particular. Since the issue of psychological mechanisms lies at the core of psychoanalysis, it is crucial to study the relationship between neural and psychological mechanisms. The authors argue that neuroscience cannot verify psy…
Biting the Bullet: The Nature of Unconscious Fantasy
The idea of unconscious fantasy plays a central role in psychoanalysis. In terms of cognitive orientation, however, the logic behind it is difficult to determine because psychoanalysis has not succeeded in establishing how and where such fantasies exist. This article introduces the reasons why psychoanalysts think in terms of unconscious fantasies: the very notion facilitates the interconnection of the analysand’s patterns of behavior and her/his…
Paul Roazen, Political Theory and the Psychology of the Unconscious. Freud, J. S. Mill, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Fromm, Bettelheim, and Erikson. London: Open Gate Press, 2000
On the origins of psychoanalytic psychohistory
This article examines the origins and early development of psychoanalytically inspired psychohistory from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. It focuses on Erik H. Erikson, Bruce Mazlish, and Robert Jay Lifton and illustrates their contributions to psychoanalytic psychohistory. Erikson, Mazlish, and Lifton were core members of the Wellfleet group, a research project originally funded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965 to conceptu…
The repressed and implicit knowledge
The distinction between implicit (non-conscious) and explicit (conscious) knowledge made by cognitive scientists is applied to the psychoanalytic idea of repressed contents. The consequences of repression are suggested to have been caused by implicit representations. Repressed memories can also be treated in terms of explicit representations, which are prevented from becoming activated. Implicit knowledge cannot, however, be made conscious, and t…
The repressed and implicit knowledge
The distinction between implicit (non-conscious) and explicit (conscious) knowledge made by cognitive scientists is applied to the psychoanalytic idea of repressed contents. The consequences of repression are suggested to have been caused by implicit representations. Repressed memories can also be treated in terms of explicit representations, which are prevented from becoming activated. Implicit knowledge cannot, however, be made conscious, and t…
On neuropsychoanalytic metaphysics
Neuropsychoanalysis focuses on the neural counterparts of psychoanalytically interesting phenomena and has left the difference in the metaphysical presuppositions between neuroscience and psychoanalysis unexamined. The authors analyse the logical possibilities concerning the relation between the brain and the mental unconscious in terms of the serial, parallel, epiphenomenalist and Kantian conceptions, and conclude that none of them provides a sa…
On the relation between neural and psychological mechanisms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the “New Mechanists
The relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis is studied by taking “the new mechanism of neuroscience” under scrutiny. That new trend stresses that neuroscientific explanations are mechanistic explanations in particular. Since the issue of psychological mechanisms lies at the core of psychoanalysis, it is crucial to study the relationship between neural and psychological mechanisms. The authors argue that neuroscience cannot verify psy…
The repressed and implicit knowledge
The distinction between implicit (non-conscious) and explicit (conscious) knowledge made by cognitive scientists is applied to the psychoanalytic idea of repressed contents. The consequences of repression are suggested to have been caused by implicit representations. Repressed memories can also be treated in terms of explicit representations, which are prevented from becoming activated. Implicit knowledge cannot, however, be made conscious, and t…
Paul Roazen, Political Theory and the Psychology of the Unconscious. Freud, J. S. Mill, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Fromm, Bettelheim, and Erikson. London: Open Gate Press, 2000
On the origins of psychoanalytic psychohistory
This article examines the origins and early development of psychoanalytically inspired psychohistory from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. It focuses on Erik H. Erikson, Bruce Mazlish, and Robert Jay Lifton and illustrates their contributions to psychoanalytic psychohistory. Erikson, Mazlish, and Lifton were core members of the Wellfleet group, a research project originally funded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965 to conceptu…
Biting the Bullet: The Nature of Unconscious Fantasy
The idea of unconscious fantasy plays a central role in psychoanalysis. In terms of cognitive orientation, however, the logic behind it is difficult to determine because psychoanalysis has not succeeded in establishing how and where such fantasies exist. This article introduces the reasons why psychoanalysts think in terms of unconscious fantasies: the very notion facilitates the interconnection of the analysand’s patterns of behavior and her/his…
On the relation between neural and psychological mechanisms: Neuropsychoanalysis and the “New Mechanists
The relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis is studied by taking “the new mechanism of neuroscience” under scrutiny. That new trend stresses that neuroscientific explanations are mechanistic explanations in particular. Since the issue of psychological mechanisms lies at the core of psychoanalysis, it is crucial to study the relationship between neural and psychological mechanisms. The authors argue that neuroscience cannot verify psy…
Martti Siirala (November 24, 1922 – August 18, 2008): A seeker of human understanding and a unique language
Martti Olavi Siirala, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, and a dissident in terms of Finnish cultural life, died in Helsinki on August 18, 2008, at the age of 85. He was born in Liperi, eastern Finland, on November 24, 1922. This obituary outlines his life, professional career, and literary production
On neuropsychoanalytic metaphysics
Neuropsychoanalysis focuses on the neural counterparts of psychoanalytically interesting phenomena and has left the difference in the metaphysical presuppositions between neuroscience and psychoanalysis unexamined. The authors analyse the logical possibilities concerning the relation between the brain and the mental unconscious in terms of the serial, parallel, epiphenomenalist and Kantian conceptions, and conclude that none of them provides a sa…
On: Reply to Gilbert Pugh and Brian Johnson
Response to “Minding our metaphysics”1
Response to “Minding our metaphysics”1." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 93(5), pp. 1289–1290
Martti Siirala and Gaetano Benedetti – Friends in the dialogical and psychotherapeutic sharing of burdens
This article explores the dialogical collaboration and friendship between Martti Siirala and Gaetano Benedetti, particularly in the development of the psychotherapy of schizophrenia and the human psychotherapeutic attitude toward carrying and sharing burdens. Siirala and Benedetti outlined a psychotherapy that considers existential and philosophical dimensions alongside the clinical aspects of illness, without being bound by schools of thought, a…
Psychoanalysis (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (3 works)