Revolutionary Morality: A Psychoanalytic Study of Revolutionaries

Author: (USA) Blanchard / Dai Changzheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: From Lawrence to Rousseau, from Leo Tolstoy to Gandhi, from Marx to Guevara, the book uncovers astonishing psychological driving forces behind the familiar daily behaviors of revolutionaries. The authors deliberately avoid the straightforward analysis of the "revolutionary problem" from a sociological perspective, instead meandering into the perilous jungle of the revolutionary spirit, transforming thrilling "revolutionary events" into the ideal torrent of the "political figures' unfulfilled desires." The authors abandon the traditional psychoanalytic approach centered on sexual repression, viewing the elevation of "guilt burden" to "redemptive responsibility" as the unconscious motivation of revolutionaries. Thus, from an overlooked perspective, they depict a strange and unfamiliar picture of revolution.