Freud, the Contemporary Super-Ego, and Western Morality - An Essay on Psychopolitics

Freud, the Contemporary Super-ego, and Western Morality traces the origins of the relationship between the morality of the super-ego and the destructive impulse of the death drive in the liberal democracies of the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Regressive Psychology of Groups 2. The Powers of the Super-ego and the Death Drive 3. The Present of Our Illusions 4. The Moral Coercions of Liberalism

About the author

Giosuè Ghisalberti is a professor of philosophy at Humber College, Toronto, Canada.

Summary

Freud, the Contemporary Super-ego, and Western Morality traces the origins of the relationship between the morality of the super-ego and the destructive impulse of the death drive in the liberal democracies of the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Giosue Ghisalberti, Giosuè Ghisalberti
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032532134
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253213-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Psychotherapy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis