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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Donovan, Tom, 1967- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Psychology--Philosophy.
Psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Self.
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Freud, Sigmund.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Algora Publishing, [2023]
Summary:
Prof. Tom Donovan suggests reading Freud today for inspiration in shaping one's outlook and taking control of one's life. We all have to confront the human condition and we face a constant challenge to steer a satisfying course around, over and through the distractions that tempt us to accept the easy gratifications and let the real treasures dribble away.Philosophy, Tom shows, can connect us to ourselves, our world, and our best traditions while training us in excellence and usefulness, blocking out some of the ridiculous things littering the contemporary world.
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 &amp
Objects
Life on Mars
The Warriors (but not Golden State)
Chapter 4 - Love &amp
Labor
From Work to the Jumbotron
Hardish Determinism
Determined to Love
Chapter 5 - True Love, True Aggression
Double Individuals
Religious Love &amp
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
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Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Donovan, Tom Freud for Thought
ISBN:
9781628945201
1628945206
OCLC:
1389616419

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