Eros and civilization
Subtitle: a philosophical inquiry into Freud
By: Herbert Marcuse ; with a new preface by the author
Edition: 1st Vintage ed.
Series: Vintage book -- V-209; Vintage book -- V-209.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780394702094
Subjects: Civilization; Psychoanalytische interpretatie; Cultuur; Social psychology; Psychanalyse; Psychoanalysis; Psychologie sociale
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Under the rule of the reality principle; title: Hidden trend in psychoanalysis; title: Origin of the repressed individual (ontogenesis); title: Origin of regressive civilization (phylogenesis); title: Dialectic of civilization; title: Philosophical interlude; title: pt. 2. Beyond the reality principle; title: Historical limits of the established reality principle; title: Phantasy and utopia; title: Images of Orpheus and Narcissus; title: Aesthetic dimension; title: Transformation of sexuality into Eros; title: Eros and Thanatos; title: Epilogue; title: Critique of Neo-Freudian revisionism.