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Freud for thought : on forging the philosophical life / by Tom Donovan.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Donovan, Tom, 1967- author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Freud, Sigmund.
Psychology--Philosophy.
Psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Self.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 162 pages)
Place of Publication:
New York : Algora Publishing, [2023]
Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1
Great Intuitions
On Greatness
The Ocean
Chapter 2
The Quest for Happiness
The Performative
The Three Paths
1. Deflection
2. Substitutive Satisfactions
3. Intoxicating Substances
Beyond the Pain
Chapter 3
The Civilization Trap
Competing with the Sources of Suffering
Subjects & Objects
Life on Mars
The Warriors (but not Golden State)
Chapter 4
Love & Labor
From Work to the Jumbotron
Hardish Determinism
Determined to Love
Chapter 5
True Love, True Aggression
Double Individuals
Religious Love & Freudian Religion
Managing Aggression
Communist Aggression
Chapter 6
Seeing (Double) is Believing
Useful Dualisms
Genesis
Myth and Reason
Perception
Chapter 7
From Animals to Humans (and back?)
Anthropomorphic Language
A Freudian "Garden of Eden"
Moral Discourse
Social Anxiety
Conclusion: Still Discontent, Yet Forging
C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2024).
Other Format:
Print version: Donovan, Tom, 1967- Freud for thought
ISBN:
9781628945201
1628945206
Publisher Number:
40032144025
Access Restriction:
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