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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807052103321

Autore

Loewenberg Peter <1933->

Titolo

Fantasy and reality in history [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Loewenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-771297-5

1-280-52550-9

0-19-536189-X

1-4294-0634-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

901.9

901/.9

Soggetti

Psychohistory

Irrationalism (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: On Psychohistorical Method; I: PSYCHOANALYSIS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND CULTURE; 1. Why Social Science Needs Psychoanalysis: From Weber to Freud; 2. The Pagan Freud; 3. Sigmund Freud's Psychosocial Identity; 4. The Creation of a Scientific Community: The Burghölzli, 1902-1914; II: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE IRRATIONAL; 5. Gladstone, Sin, and the Bulgarian Horrors; 6. The Murder and Mythification of Walther Rathenau; 7. Karl Renner and the Politics of Accommodation: Moderation versus Revenge; 8. The Inner World of Vladimir Zhirinovsky: The Self-Presentation of a ""Hero""

III: PSYCHODYNAMICS AND THE SOCIAL PROCESS9. Anxiety in History; 10. Racism in Comparative Historical Perspective; 11. The Psychodynamics of Nationalism; 12. Crisis Management: From Therapy to Government and from the Oval Office to the Couch; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Integrating history, political psychology and psychoanalysis, this study examines the psycho-sexual conflicts of charismatic political leaders, including Gladstone and Zhirinovsky. It explores individual and social



anxiety, racism and nationalism.