Mass Psychology
Mass Psychology by Sigmund Freud, published by Penguin Adult on December 2, 2004, is a thought-provoking exploration of the concept of mass psychology. This edition spans 305 pages and is presented in English. Freud delves into his critiques of religious beliefs and the humanism of his time, offering insights that resonate with contemporary discussions on psychology and society.
In this collection, Freud examines the interplay between mass psychology and individual identity, addressing themes such as the roots of religion and the connections between religion and racism. His writings, including A Religious Experience and The Future of an Illusion, reflect on the complexities of the civilized mind and its underlying savagery. This work not only showcases Freud’s intellectual rigor but also his personal engagement with the subjects he discusses, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of his perspectives on psychology and social dynamics.
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Freud�s religious unbeliefs are too easily dismissed as the standard scientific rationalism of the twentieth-century intellectual, yet he scorned the high-minded humanism of his contemporaries. In Mass Psychology and Analysis of the ‘I’ he explores the notion of �mass-psychology� – his findings would prove all too prophetic in the years that followed. Writings such as A Religious Experience and The Future of an Illusion continue earlier work on the essential savagery of the civilized mind, and Moses the Man and Monotheistic Religion excavates the roots of religion and racism, which he concludes are inextricably intertwined.
This remarkable collection reveals Freud not only at his most radically pessimistic, but also at his most personally courageous – engaging with his own adherences, his own antecedents, his own identity.
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