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Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud

Author(s) : Herbert Marcuse

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: Under the Rule of the Reality Principle
1. The Hidden Trend in Psychoanalysis
2. The Origin of the Repressed Individual (Ontogenesis)
3. The Origin of Repressive Civilization (Phylogenesis)
4. The Dialectic of Civilization
5. Philosophical Interlude

Part 2: Beyond the Reality Principle
6. The Historical Limits of the Established Reality Principle
7. Phantasy and Utopia
8. The Images of Orpheus and Narcissus
9. The Aesthetic Dimension
10. The Transformation of Sexuality into Eros
11. Eros and Thanatos

Epilogue: Critique of Neo-Freudian Revisionism.
Index