| Description |
118p ; 23cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction-Political Freud; 1. Psychoanalysis and the Spirit of Capitalism; 2. Beyond the Blues: The Racial Unconscious and Collective Memory; 3. In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Rereading Freud's Moses; 4. The Ego at War: From the Death Instinct to Precarious Life ; 5. From the Maturity Ethic to the Psychology of Power: The New Left, Feminism, and the Return to "Social Reality"; Afterword-Freud in the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
In this masterful psychological#x96;intellectual history, Eli Zaretsky shows Freudianism to be something more than a method of psychotherapy. When considered alongside the major struggles of the twentieth century, Freudianism becomes a catalyst of the age. Political Freud is Zaretsky's account of the way twentieth century radicals, activists, and thinkers used Freudian thought to understand the political developments of their century. Through his reading, he shows the ongoing, formative power of Freudianism in contemporary times. The role played by political Freudianism was chaotic and oftentimes |
| ISBN |
9780231172455 |
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