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Death and Delusion : A Freudian Analysis of Moral Terror by J. S. Piven (2000, Hardcover)

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PublisherInformation Age Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-101593112491

ISBN-139781593112493

eBay Product ID (ePID)43112144

Product Key Features

Number of Pages292 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDeath and Delusion : a Freudian Analysis of Moral Terror

SubjectPsychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias, Death, Grief, Bereavement, General

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorJ. S. Piven

Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Self-Help, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-004346

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal155.9/37

SynopsisThis book argues that conventional interpretations of Freudian psychology have not accounted for the existence and complexity of death anxiety and its intrinsic relation to the creation of illusions and delusions. This book contends that there is sufficient evidence to support the view that death anxiety is not only a symptom of certain modes of psychopathology, but is a very normal and central emotional threat human beings deal with only by impeding awareness of the threat from entering consciousness. The immanence of the fear of death requires vigilant defensive and coping techniques, especially the distortion of reality through these defenses and fantasies, so that over-whelming terror does not psychologically cripple the organism. The fear of death is so horrific that human beings must insulate themselves in religious, social, and private illusions, rituals, obsessive pursuits, self-glorification, and myriad desperate attempts to lie about the quintessential nature of reality. Death is that terror that induces psychopathology. This book demonstrates that a careful reading of Freud reveals a copious amount of material supporting these propositions., This book argues that Freudian psychology has overlooked the complexity of death anxiety and its role in creating illusions and delusions. It contends that death anxiety is a normal emotional threat, requiring defensive techniques to prevent overwhelming terror.

LC Classification NumberBF789.D4P58 2004