Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
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. |
Contents
POLITICAL PREFACE 1966 | 3 |
The Hidden Trend in Psychoanalysis 11 | 12 |
The Origin of the Repressed Individual Onto | 23 |
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Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry Into Freud, Volume 120 Herbert Marcuse Limited preview - 1955 |
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