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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Main Author: Juan Dorado Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Rosario, Bogota 2014-05-01
Series:Desafíos
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Online Access:https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/desafios/article/view/3820
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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
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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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