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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giosue Ghisalberti, Giosuè Ghisalberti
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032532134
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253213-4
• Pagine: 252
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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