Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments
This article examines some of the contributions to political theory offered by the work of Sigmund Freud. Based on the results of his research on the human psyche, Freud’s thinking evolved from an authoritarian elitist perspective towards a more democratic understanding of the internal world. He sou...
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description | This article examines some of the contributions to political theory offered by the work of Sigmund Freud. Based on the results of his research on the human psyche, Freud’s thinking evolved from an authoritarian elitist perspective towards a more democratic understanding of the internal world. He sought to establish benign limits to the fantasies of omnipotence that frame modern science and politics. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3d98906b952f4de5a02773e117a3986a2022-12-22T00:43:39ZengUniversidad del Rosario, BogotaDesafíos0124-40352145-51122014-05-01272539710.12804/desafios27.2.2015.022605Freud: Terminable and Interminable GovernmentsJuan Dorado Romero0Universidad Complutense de MadridThis article examines some of the contributions to political theory offered by the work of Sigmund Freud. Based on the results of his research on the human psyche, Freud’s thinking evolved from an authoritarian elitist perspective towards a more democratic understanding of the internal world. He sought to establish benign limits to the fantasies of omnipotence that frame modern science and politics.https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/3820Freudomnipotenciadictadura de la razóndemocratización del self |
spellingShingle | Juan Dorado Romero Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments Desafíos Freud omnipotencia dictadura de la razón democratización del self |
title | Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments |
title_full | Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments |
title_fullStr | Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments |
title_full_unstemmed | Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments |
title_short | Freud: Terminable and Interminable Governments |
title_sort | freud terminable and interminable governments |
topic | Freud omnipotencia dictadura de la razón democratización del self |
url | https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/3820 |
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