The economics of the libido : psychic bisexuality, the superego, and the centrality of the Oedipus complex

The economics of the libido : psychic bisexuality, the superego, and the centrality of the Oedipus complex / Trevor C. Pedersen.

This book is an attempt to get beyond pluralism by embedding psychoanalysis in philosophy and returning to Freud qua psychologist to link the depths of the mind to its surface. Beginning with the proposition that egoism and altruism are a more accurate representation of the binary of activity and pa...

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Main Author: Pederson, Trevor C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Oedipus complex.
PSYCHOLOGY > Reference.
Oedipus complex
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Summary:This book is an attempt to get beyond pluralism by embedding psychoanalysis in philosophy and returning to Freud qua psychologist to link the depths of the mind to its surface. Beginning with the proposition that egoism and altruism are a more accurate representation of the binary of activity and passivity, Economics revisits Freud's work to contextualize his central concepts and expand upon them. Egoism and altruism are further divided into masculine and feminine drives which can exist in either sex due to psychic bisexuality. Pederson's Freud places the Oedipus complex as the height of pers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 180 pages .)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782413059
1782413057
0429920539
9780429920530
0367327759
9780367327750
0429906307
9780429906305
0429481535
9780429481536
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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