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Author Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979.

Title Eros and civilization; a philosophical inquiry into Freud / With a new pref. by the author.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books [1962]
[©1955]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  150.1 M322E    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 256 pages ; 18 cm
Contents Part 1. Under the rule of the reality principle -- Hidden trend in psychoanalysis -- Origin of the repressed individual (ontogenesis) -- Origin of regressive civilization (phylogenesis) -- Dialectic of civilization -- Philosophical interlude -- pt. 2. Beyond the reality principle -- Historical limits of the established reality principle -- Phantasy and utopia -- Images of Orpheus and Narcissus -- Aesthetic dimension -- Transformation of sexuality into Eros -- Eros and Thanatos -- Epilogue -- Critique of Neo-Freudian revisionism.
Bibliography Bibliographical footnotes.
Subject Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Social psychology.
Civilization.
Psychoanalysis.
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