Eros and civilization : a philosophical inquiry into Freud
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TextSeries: (Beacon Paperback)Boston Beacon Press 1966Edition: First pub. as a Beacon Paperback in 1974Description: xviii, 277p.; bibliog. refs.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0807015555
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Political preface 1966. Preface to first edition. Introduction. Part 1 - Under the rule of the reality principle. 1 The hidden trend in psychoanalysis. 2 The origin of the repressed individual (ontogenesis). 3 The origin of repressive civilization (phylogenesis). 4 The dialectic of civilization. 5 Philosophical interlude. Part 2 - Beyond the reality principle. 6 The historical limits of the established reality principle. 7 Phantasy and utopia. 8 The images of Orpheus and Narcissus. 9 The aesthetic dimension. 10 The transformation of sexuality into eros. 11 Eros and Thanatos. Epilogue: Critique of neo-Freudian revisionism
'Philosophical critiques of psychoanalysis have been rare. Almost all of those that have appeared hitherto have been either undisguised attacks or, equally evidently, defenses. This one takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma...a stirring book and a cheering (though in no sense naive) book. Except for Ernest Jones' two notable books on Freud and his life, this strikes the reviewer as the most significant general treatment of psychoanalytic theory since Freud himself ceased publication.' --Clyde Kluckhohn
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