Perversion and Utopia: A Study in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)

Whitebook, Joel

ISBN 10: 0262231786 / ISBN 13: 9780262231787

Published by Mit Pr, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perversion and Utopia: A Study in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262231786
• ISBN 13: 9780262231787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The author, a philosopher and psychoanalyst, argues for a reintegration of Freud's investigation of the unconscious with the political and philosophical insights of the Frankfurt tradition of critical theory. His central thesis is that there is an essential affinity between the utopian impulse and the perverse impulse, and that both reflect a desire to bypass the reality principle that Freud claimed defined the human condition. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.