Human hope and the death instinct an exploration of psychoanalytical theories of human nature and their implications for culture and education.

Human Hope and the Death Instinct: An Exploration of Psychoanalytical Theories of Human Nature and their Implications for Culture and Education focuses on the study of human nature. The manuscript first offers information on psychology as a form of philosophical anthropology and reactions against th...

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Main Author: Holbrook, David
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1971]
Edition:[1st ed.].
Series:Pergamon English library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Human Hope and the Death Instinct: An Exploration of Psychoanalytical Theories of Human Nature and their Implications for Culture and Education focuses on the study of human nature. The manuscript first offers information on psychology as a form of philosophical anthropology and reactions against the Freudian theory, including the origins of love and hate, death instinct, and metapsychology and negation. The book then discusses human nature and the development of object-relations psychology. Topics include the theories of W. R. D. Fairbairn on love and structure of personality; relationships o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 320 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305).
ISBN:9780080157986
008015798X
9781483145587
1483145581