Eros and Civilization

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In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressing the philosophical and sociological implications.

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Full title :Eros and Civilization.

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Publication Date:2012.
Edition:2nd ed

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Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (301 pages)

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ISBN:9781135863647, 1135863644, 9780203714607, 0203714601
oclc:ocn823389457
LC Classification:BF173
Dewey Decimal:131.3462

Cover; Eros and Civilization; Copyright; Contents; Preface to 1998 Edition; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Under The Rule Of The Reality Principle; Chapter One: The Hidden Trend in Psychoanalysis; Chapter Two: The Origin of the Repressed Individual (Ontogenesis); Chapter Three: The Origin of Repressive Civilization (Phylogenesis); Chapter Four: The Dialectic of Civilization; Chapter Five: Philosophical Interlude; Part Two: Beyond The Reality Principle; Chapter Six: The Historical Limits of the Established Reality Principle; Chapter Seven: Phantasy and Utopia

Chapter Eight: The Images of Orpheus and Narcissus Chapter Nine: The Aesthetic Dimension; Chapter Ten: The Transformation of Sexuality into Eros; Chapter Eleven: Eros and Thanatos; Epilogue: Critique of Neo-Freudian Revisionism; Index