Death and delusion : a Freudian analysis of mortal terror

• Main Author: Piven, Jerry S. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2004.
• Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.; Death > Psychological aspects.; Anxiety.; Psychology > Psychopathology > Anxieties & Phobias.; Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology.; Abnormal psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918117905
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-847-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 279 pages)

This book argues that conventional interpretations of Freudian psychology have not accounted for the existence and complexity of death anxiety and its intrinsic relation to the creation of illusions and delusions. This book contends that there is sufficient evidence to support the view that death an...