Late Sigmund Freud - Or, Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, All Riddles of Life

Informationen zum Autor Todd Dufresne is Professor of Philosophy at Lakehead University, Ontario. He is the author or editor of Returns of the 'French Freud' (1997), Tales from the Freudian Crypt (2000), Killing Freud (2003), Against Freud (2007), Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (2011), The Future of an Illusion (2012) and Civilization and its Discontents (2016), amongst others. Klappentext A fundamental reassessment of the meaning of Freud's last phase of work: the applied psychoanalysis of culture and society. Zusammenfassung In his last phase! Freud produced his most popular works! The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Dufresne provides a fundamental reassessment of these works! arguing that they represent Freud's final word on the authentic meaning of psychoanalysis and its application to culture and society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Death and the cultural turn in psychoanalysis; 1. Positivism and the specter of non-existence: the romantic depths of Freud's The Future of an Illusion; 2. Mysticism, war, love, and religion: Civilization and its Discontents, reality, and Romain Rolland; 3. 'The audacity cannot be avoided': Freud and Moses, reality and fiction; Conclusion. Ethics, spirituality, and psychoanalysis: prequel to the 'late Freud'; Coda. 'Undisguised resentment', war, and the challenge of being cultured; References; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Todd Dufresne, Todd (Lakehead University Dufresne, Dufresne Todd
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107178724
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17872-4
• Pagine: 294
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)