The Myth of Id
A Touch of Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6338073 |
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| Authors | Oskar Gruenwald (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 111 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3791143 |
| OpenAlex | W2335054190 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Twentieth Century appears dominated by the Myth of Id, a powerful new Weltanschauung and system of values anchored in desire. Its major characteristics are the worship of instinctual drives, the elevation of subconscious desires to the status of a new god, and the concomitant devaluation of reason, measure, and conscience. This touch of modernity seems to pervade all aspects of individual and social life, as well as culture--broadly understood. The major question arises: Is the liberation from reason, superego, and conscience--promised by the Myth of Id--a genuine enlargement in the scope of individual freedom and social harmony, or is it a counterfeit
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Modernity · Mythology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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