Fantasy and Reality in History
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In Fantasy and Reality in History, Peter Loewenberg brings what the discipline of psychoanalysis has learned about human conduct and the irrational to bear on the analysis and writing of history. The result is a remarkable series of studies on individual and social anxiety, racism and
nationalism, and crisis management.
First examining early twentieth century Z"urich and the first practitioners of psychoanalysis--Freud, C.G. Jung, Karl Abraham, and others--to establish the discipline's understanding of the unconscious and how it functions, Loewenberg then explores the tensions in the lives and politics of modern
political leaders. The great British Liberal Prime Minister Walther Rathenau, and the Russian fascist demagogue Vladimir Zhirinovsky are among those studied.
In each of these interconnected essays, Fantasy and Reality in History makes readily evident the advantages, and unique insights, that psychoanalytical techniques can provide in the examination of history. Loewenberg's blend of clinical and historico-political methods not only produces new
exciting research, but demonstrates how it is done.
Fantasy and Reality in History,Peter Loewenberg,Oxford University Press, USA,0195067630,History,History - General History,Irrationalism (Philosophy),Psychohistory,World - General,History / General,History, World | Canadian,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Psychology,Social history,World history
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