Eros and Civilization : A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud by Herbert Marcuse

Eros and Civilization : A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud



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Publisher: Beacon Press
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Marcuse, Herbert (1955) Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud. Eros and civilization; a philosophical inquiry into Freud. His most Freud was a materialist and a determinist, and conceived civilization basically in terms of the antagonistic dualism inherent in the human species, the battle between Eros and Thanatos, the instinct or drive ('Trieb') of life and the instinct of death or destruction. [34] Jochen Schulte-Sasse's introduction to Burger's Theory of the Avant-Garde, op.cit., pp xli-xliii. "A philosophical critique of psychoanalysis that takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma. The most significant general treatment of psychoanalytic theory since Freud himself ceased publication. [33] Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud, The Beacon Press, 1955. The most significant general treatment of psychoanalytic theory since Freud himself ceased publication."—Clyde Kluckhohn, The New York Times. He continued his work in the field of psychotherapy throughout his life despite a serious illness during his last sixteen years, and he applied his psychological findings to philosophy in a variety of contexts. Boston: Beacon; 2nd ed., with a new preface by the author, Allen Lane: The Penguin.