Eros and civilization : a philosophical inquiry into Freud / Herbert Marcuse ; with a preface by te author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979, author.

Series:

Beacon Press classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Civilization.

Psychoanalysis.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

social psychology.

civilization.

psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 230 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Beacon Press Classics edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2025.

Summary:

Social theorist, philosopher, and political activist Herbert Marcuse questions Freud's statements on the relationship between civilization and human instinct, critiquing capitalist society and the norms of repression to imagine a utopia that emphasizes liberation and play.

Contents:

Political preface 1966

Preface to first edition

Introduction

part I. Under the rule of the reality principle: The hidden trend in psychoanalysis ; The origin of the repressed individual (ontogenesis) ; The origin of repressive civilization (phylogenesis) ; The dialectic of civilization

Philosophical interlude

part II. Beyond the reality principle: The historical limits of the established reality principle ; Phantasy and utopia ; The images of Orpheus and Narcissus ; The aesthetic dimension ; The transformation of sexuality into Eros ; Eros and Thanatos

Epilogue: Critique of neo-Freudian revisionism.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1955.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807018811

0807018813

OCLC:

1493077351