| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Why social science needs psychoanalysis: from Weber to Freud -- The pagan Freud -- Sigmund Freud's psychosocial identity -- The creation of a scientific community: the Burghölzi, 1902-1914 -- Gladstone, sin, and the Bulgarian horrors -- The murder and mythification of Walter Rathenau -- Karl Renner and the politics of accommodation: moderation versus revenge -- The inner world of Vladimir Zhirinovsky: the self-presentation of a "hero" -- Anxiety in history -- Racism in comparative historical perspective -- The psychodynamics of nationalism -- Crisis management: from therapy to government and from the Oval Office to the couch |
| Summary |
Successfully integrating history, political psychology, and psychoanalysis, Fantasy and Reality in History studies individual and social anxiety, crisis management, racism and nationalism. By blending clinical and historico-political methods, Loewenberg examines the psycho-sexual conflicts of several charismatic political leaders, including, among others, Gladstone, and Zhirinovsky, Russia's contemporary fascist |
| Analysis |
Psychohistory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychohistory.
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Irrationalism (Philosophy)
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psychohistory.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Irrationalism (Philosophy)
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Psychohistory
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Psychogeschiedenis.
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Irrationaliteit.
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Politiek.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429406348 |
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9781429406345 |
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019536189X |
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9780195361896 |
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9780195067637 |
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0195067630 |
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1280525509 |
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9781280525506 |
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