Overview
- Demonstrates the particular relevance of Freud’s reality principle for key aspects of 21st century life
- Examines how our definition of reason shapes both daily existence and our social institutions and practices
- Argues that that Freud’s work can help us on a daily basis because it is centered on applying scientific principles to everyday living
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This book places Freud’s theory of the reality principle in relation to both everyday experience and global issues of the 21st century and illustrates how it may be practically applied. Arguing against more critical recent accounts of Freud’s science, the author seeks to show how one might apply the scientific method to everyday life. It demonstrates how Freud contributes to a better understanding of reason and how this in turn can be used to unravel the role of unreason in both politics and personal relationships.
Including critical examinations of topics such as Narcissism, Victimhood and Empathy, this engaging reappraisal of Freud’s relevance to contemporary life offers fresh insights for psychology, psychoanalysis and cultural theory; as well as practical guidance for a general reader.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert Samuels is Lecturer in advanced writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He holds doctorates in Psychoanalysis and English. He is the author of 11 books, including Psychoanalyzing the Politics of the New Brain Sciences (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Freud for the Twenty-First Century
Book Subtitle: The Science of Everyday Life
Authors: Robert Samuels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24382-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24381-4Published: 18 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24382-1Published: 09 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 82
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Critical Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Cultural Theory, Philosophy of Mind