Eros and civilization : a philosophical inquiry into Freud /

This philosophical critique of psychoanalysis takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, 1974.
Series:	Beacon paperback
Subjects:	Social psychology. Civilization. Psychoanalysis. Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939. Seksualiteit. Psychoanalyse. Cultuur. Psicanalise.

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Under the rule of the reality principle. The hidden trend in psychoanalysis
The origin of the repressed individual (ontogenesis)
The origin of repressive civilization (phylogenesis)
The dialectic of civilization
Philosophical interlude
pt. 2. Beyond the reality principle. The historical limits of the established reality principle
Phantasy and utopia
The images of Orpheus and Narcissus
The aesthetic dimension
The transformation of sexuality into Eros
Eros and Thanatos.