Petteri Pietikainen

Alchemists of Human Nature

Psychological Utopianism in Gross, Jung, Reich and Fromm

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of Modernist utopias of the mind. This book examines the psychodynamic writings of Otto Gross, C G Jung, Wilhelm Reich and Erich Fromm. It argues, utopianism became increasingly important to the fundamental ambitions of all four thinkers, and places the 'utopian impulse' with the historical context of the early twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781851969234
• ISBN-10: 1851969233
• Artikelnr.: 43597419

Autorenporträt

Petteri Pietikainen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Nature of Psychological Utopianism
Chapter 2 The New Soviet Man: Psychoanalysis and the Conquest of the Unconscious in the Early Days of the Soviet Union
Chapter 3 Anarchy, Eros and the Mother Right: Utopianism in Otto Gross
Chapter 4 Individuation and 'National Individuation': Utopianism in Carl G. Jung
Chapter 5 Sexual Revolution and the Power of Orgone Energy: Utopianism in Wilhelm Reich
Chapter 6 Socialist Humanism and the Sane Society: Utopianism in Erich Fromm
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Utopia, Illusion and Second Reality