Human Hope and the Death Instinct: An Exploration of Psychoanalytical Theories of Human Nature and Their Implications for Culture and Education (The Pergamon English library)

Human Hope and the Death Instinct: An Exploration of Psychoanalytical Theories of Human Nature and their Implications for Culture and Education focuses on the study of human nature. The manuscript first offers information on psychology as a form of philosophical anthropology and reactions against the Freudian theory, including the origins of love and hate, death instinct, and metapsychology and negation. The book then discusses human nature and the development of object-relations psychology. Topics include the theories of W. R. D. Fairbairn on love and structure of personality; relationships of psychology, poetry, and science; Fairbairn's analysis of the logic of hate; and Melanie Klein's concept of phantasy and aggression. The text evaluates the relationships of identity and social theory, education, culture, and moral development, as well as amorality, progress, and democracy. The manuscript also discusses the connection of psychoanalysis and existentialism, including Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of freedom and R. D. Laing's position on existentialism. The book is a vital source of data for readers wanting to study human nature. Content: By the same author , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv For Cambridge , Pages vii-viii Acknowledgements , Page ix Introduction , Pages 1-4 CHAPTER 1 - What is Real? , Pages 7-14 CHAPTER 2 - Non-psychological Psychology , Pages 15-23 CHAPTER 3 - Psychology as a Form of Philosophical Anthropology , Pages 24-45 CHAPTER 4 - The Origins of Love and Hate , Pages 49-60 CHAPTER 5 - Exorcising the Death Instinct , Pages 61-64 CHAPTER 6 - Is Life at Home in the Universe? , Pages 65-68 CHAPTER 7 - An Inescapable Speculation , Pages 69-77 CHAPTER 8 - Metapsychology and Negation , Pages 78-82 CHAPTER 9 - Psychology, Poetry and Science , Pages 85-104 CHAPTER 10 - Melanie Klein: Phantasy and Aggression , Pages 105-135 CHAPTER 11 - Love and the Structure of Personality The Theories of W. R. D. Fairbairn , Pages 136-142 CHAPTER 12 - Schizoid Factors in the Personality Fairbairn's analysis of the Logic of Hate , Pages 143-155 CHAPTER 13 - The Psychology of Dynamic Energies Fairbairn's Conclusions , Pages 156-160 CHAPTER 14 - The Heart of Being The Insights of D. W. Winnicott , Pages 161-175 CHAPTER 15 - Identity and Social Theory , Pages 179-188 CHAPTER 16 - ‘Society’ and our ‘Instincts’ , Pages 189-200 CHAPTER 17 - Education, Culture, and Moral Growth , Pages 201-214 CHAPTER 18 - ‘Amorality’ Progress, and Democracy , Pages 215-224 CHAPTER 19 - The Primacy of Culture , Pages 225-240 CHAPTER 20 - Psychoanalysis and Existentialism , Pages 243-249 CHAPTER 21 - Thought in Existence , Pages 250-254 CHAPTER 22 - Sartre and ‘Freedom’ , Pages 255-268 CHAPTER 23 - Is R. D. Laing an Existentialist? , Pages 269-286 CHAPTER 24 - Society and Inner Needs , Pages 289-296 CHAPTER 25 - The Humanist Conscience , Pages 297-302 Bibliography , Pages 303-305 Index , Pages 307-320