Freud: Political and Social Thought (Second Edition) by Paul Roazen (Introduction), Paul Roazen

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Without reducing politics to psychoanalysis, or inflating psychological categories to embrace all of politics, Roazen provides an introductory look at the field of psychoanalysis. By bringing together the different disciplines of psychology and politics he breaks through parochialism. Roazen is no partisan advocate for psychoanalysis, but believes that analysts have as much to learn from social science as the other way around. This volume is proof that at its best political theory has to be inherently interdisciplinary. As such, this volume will be of interest to intellectual historians, psychoanalysts, and political theorists.

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First published in 1968, this work asserts that Freud's psychoanalytic thought can be extremely useful in application to political and social theory. Mainly concerned with elucidating Freud's applications of his work to political concerns, the author asserts that psychoanalysis and the social sciences should learn from each other to establish an interdisciplinary approach to political theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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