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Description of  Freud as a Social and Cultural Theorist: On Human Nature and the Civilizing Process (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)

This book offers a new account of Freuds work by reading him as the social theorist and philosopher he always aspired to be, and not as the medical scientist he publicly claimed to be. In doing so, the author demonstrates thats Freuds social, moral, and cultural thought constitutes the core of his lifes work as a theorist, and is the thread that binds his voluminous writings together: from his earliest essays on the neuroses, to his foundational writings on dreams and sexuality, and to his far-ranging reflections on art, religion, and the dynamics of culture. Returning to the fundamental questions and concerns that animate Freuds work - the nature of evil the origins of religion, morality, and tradition and the looming threat of resurgent barbarism - Read more