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Sigmund Freud as a Critical Social Theorist: Psychoanalysis and the Neurotic in Contemporary Society

Sigmund Freud as a Critical Social Theorist: Psychoanalysis and the Neurotic in Contemporary Society

Byrd, Dustin J.
Miri, Seyed Javad

Paperback

Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

PhilosophyGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN13: 9798888905654
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Dec 9 2025
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Sigmund Freud's work has impacted the modern world in profound ways. The contributions in this collection trace the influence of his psychanalytic perspective on a wide range of philosophers and sociologists who built on his thought.


The father of psychoanalysis, Freud wrote numerous works wherein his psychoanalytic perspectives were applied to history, society, religion, and other cultural phenomena. By expanding his psychoanalytic theories into these realms, Freud insured his place within the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, history, theology, and religious studies, wherein his works are still studied. More specifically, his psychoanalytic theories were adopted, revised, and expanded upon by philosophers and sociologists, such as Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse, Jürgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Gilles Deleuze, Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek, and many others, who in some cases radicalized the latent political content within Freud's thought, using it to critique modern industrialized capitalism and theorize about the possibility for alternative forms of societies more conducive towards mental health.

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