"Critically examines and revises many of Freud's seminal ideas about culture from the perspective of contemporary anthropology, psychoanalysis, evolutionary theory, and literature and the arts"--
Introduction: The Stream and the Road Part I. DROSS INTO GOLD: Recuperating Freud's Social Theory 1. Freud's Theory of Society 2. Biology and Culture in Civilization and Its Discontents 3. Yes, the Primal Crime Did Take Place PART II. LIKE RABBITS OR LIKE ROBOTS? Sexual versus N…
"Critically examines and revises many of Freud's seminal ideas about culture from the perspective of contemporary anthropology, psychoanalysis, evolutionary theory, and literature and the arts"--
"Critically examines and revises many of Freud's seminal ideas about culture from the perspective of contemporary anthropology, psychoanalysis, evolutionary theory, and literature and the arts"--
As social and symbolic animals-animals with language and systems of signs-humans are informed by two different kinds of heritage, one biological, the other cultural. Scholars have tended to study our genetic and symbolic lineages separately, but in recent years some have begun t…
"As social and symbolic animals - animals with language and systems of signs - humans are informed by two different kinds of heritage, one biological, the other cultural. Scholars have tended to study our genetic and symbolic lineages separately, but in recent years some have be…