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Why 'extraordinary'? Hrvoje ----- Original Message ----- From: "piers smith" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:32 AM Subject: Re: Freud and Film Studies > What an extraordinary set of claims. > > --- Andrew Browne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> The recent Hitchcock/Freud discussion raises a >> number of points. One that >> springs to mind is why Film Studies still pays >> reverence to Freudian theories >> and structures when they have been so long nuanced, >> if not challenged or even >> discredited, within Psychology itself. It is an >> example of a wider problem >> that many film academics are somehow caught in a >> time-slip when using >> inter-disciplinary approaches. >> >> In the mid 1950s clinical psychologists began to >> develop cognitive >> approaches to understanding how the brain worked. >> This followed a number of clinical >> research results that contradicted Freudian theory >> and a growing feeling that >> Freud's approach to emotions - that they were >> somehow an aberration resulting >> from cogintive imbalance - was simplistic. >> Development of Freudian >> psychological theory, by Lacan and Klein amongst >> others, had led to psychological >> theory that was almost impenetrable with its >> abstruse philosophical concepts. >> With the advances in neuro-psychology and brain >> mapping generally, we have >> moved on a great deal in our understanding of how >> the brain processes >> information. >> >> Freudian structures are good fun and, like any >> structure, they can be forced >> to fit any situation.However, Freud is seen by most >> psychologists as a >> quaint but respected founder of their science. To >> quote him would be similar to >> film writers quoting Melies. >> >> Andrew Browne >> >> >> >> >> >> >> * >> * >> Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. >> After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text >> of the message you are replying to. >> To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy >> to: [log in to unmask] >> For help email: >> [log in to unmask], not the >> salon. >> ** >> > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out > more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > * > * > Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. > After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are > replying to. > To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: > [log in to unmask] > For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. > ** > > __________ NOD32 2106 (20070310) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **