Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist: On Human Nature and the Civilizing Process
Howard L. Kaye, "Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist: On Human Nature and the Civilizing Process "
English | ISBN: 1138363154 | 2018 | 238 pages | EPUB | 631 KB
English | ISBN: 1138363154 | 2018 | 238 pages | EPUB | 631 KB
This book offers a new account of Freud’s work by reading him as the social theorist and philosopher he always aspired to be, and not as the medical scientist he publicly claimed to be. In doing so, the author demonstrates that’s Freud’s social, moral, and cultural thought constitutes the core of his life’s work as a theorist, and is the thread that binds his voluminous writings together: from his earliest essays on the neuroses, to his foundational writings on dreams and sexuality, and to his far-ranging reflections on art, religion, and the dynamics of culture. Returning to the fundamental questions and concerns that animate Freud’s work - the nature of evil; the origins of religion, morality, and tradition; and the looming threat of resurgent barbarism -
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