Psychoanalysis and the Concept of a Rule

Increasingly, people are becoming aware of the importance ofrules with regard to the establishmnent of human behaviour.The present-day philosophy of action, followingWittgenstein, talks of rule following behavour, This booktakes up the discussion, and indicates the importance ofrules in Freudian psychoanalysis. In so doing, the bookestablishes a link between Freud and Wittgenstein