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The petrified ego : a new theory of conscience / Elizabeth Reddish.

Title
The petrified ego : a new theory of conscience / Elizabeth Reddish.
Author
Reddish, Elizabeth
Publication
London : Karnac, 2014.

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Description
xi, 110 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"... Contrary to the accepted view, the stability of society and the individuals who comprise it, is not a compromise between opposites but the articulation of a relationship between two entities of a different order: social and individual. An apparently well-structured organisation too often disguises a rigid moral order which represses individual perspective. Once rigidity is acknowledged to be the hallmark of a moral order founded on instinctual fear, it can be dissipated, allowing for the integration of individual experience, facilitating a mature and inclusive moral stance."--
Subject
  • Ego
  • Conscience
  • Superego
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The protective superego -- "Totem and Taboo" revisited -- Two types of morality -- Two types of reality-testing -- A new theory of conscience -- Concluding remarks.
ISBN
  • 9781780491783
  • 1780491786
LCCN
^^2013478322
OCLC
  • 871022713
  • SCSB-12257453
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library