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“Dr. Benveniste has taken on a daunting task with elan and intellectual energy, examining Sigmund Freud’s cultural contributions to the discipline he created in the late 19th century through a 21st century lens that is informed by anthropology; biological evolution; scientific interest in the natural world; world cultures; art, literature, mythos; over a century of developments in the field of psychoanalysis, and more. He is a true polymath, with broad interests and the ability to synthesize encyclopedic knowledge with focus and exuberance. A spirit of delight prevails in his scholarly writing and his informed, rigorous theorizing.” Merle Molofsky, book review published in The Psychoanalytic Review, Volume 110, Number 3, September 2023, pp. 351-354.

 Libido, Culture, and Consciousness: Revisiting Freud’s Totem and Taboo takes us back to the  phylogenetic project of psychoanalysis, leaves behind Freud’s psycho-Lamarckian assumption, and sets out in search of analogous relations between Continue reading Libido, Culture, and Consciousness: Revisiting Freud’s Totem and Taboo by Daniel S. Benveniste from IPBooks