Fantasy and reality in history / Peter Loewenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loewenberg, Peter, 1933- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychohistory.

Irrationalism (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 'Fantasy and Reality in History', Peter Loewenberg brings what the discipline of psychoanalysis has learned about human conduct and the irrational to bear on the analysis and writing of history. The result is a remarkable series of studies on individual and social anxiety, racism and nationalism, and crisis management.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: On Psychohistorical Method; I: PSYCHOANALYSIS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND CULTURE; 1. Why Social Science Needs Psychoanalysis: From Weber to Freud; 2. The Pagan Freud; 3. Sigmund Freud's Psychosocial Identity; 4. The Creation of a Scientific Community: The Burghölzli, 1902-1914; II: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE IRRATIONAL; 5. Gladstone, Sin, and the Bulgarian Horrors; 6. The Murder and Mythification of Walther Rathenau; 7. Karl Renner and the Politics of Accommodation: Moderation versus Revenge; 8. The Inner World of Vladimir Zhirinovsky: The Self-Presentation of a ""Hero""

III: PSYCHODYNAMICS AND THE SOCIAL PROCESS9. Anxiety in History; 10. Racism in Comparative Historical Perspective; 11. The Psychodynamics of Nationalism; 12. Crisis Management: From Therapy to Government and from the Oval Office to the Couch; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-771297-5

1-280-52550-9

0-19-536189-X

1-4294-0634-8

OCLC:

191935843