Abstract

CARRETERO, Gustavo Henrique. Notes on the violence of culture in Freud, Adorno and Marcuse. Pesqui. prát. psicossociais [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.2, pp. 499-513. ISSN 1809-8908.

The article aims to identify how the categories as individual and society are related in Freud, Adorno and Marcuse. Therefore, three works of Freud were analyzed (Totem and Taboo, 1913/1996; Psychology of the masses and the analysis of the ego, 1921/1996, and Civilization and its discontents, 1930/1996). The results were interpreted according to the contributions of the critical theory of society proposed by Theodor W. Adorno and Herbert Marcuse. The culture appears as important element in mediating the relationship individual and society. One of the important aspects highlighted in the analysis of Freudian works was the violence of the culture. The analyses of Adorno and Marcuse deepen such element inserting such discussion in the reflections of the capitalist society. One of the risks of such a process is the aggression generated by this process that can become violence against the culture. However, such processes are managed consciously and unconsciously to maintaining the status quo.

Keywords : Individual and Society; Culture; Violence; Society's Critical Theory; Psychoanalysis.

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