The age of guilt the super-ego in the online world / Mark Edmundson.
| Author/creator | Edmundson, Mark, 1952- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xxiii, 165 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Super-ego in the online world |
| Variant title | Superego in the online world |
| Contents | Preface: Unwelcome guest -- What Is the super-ego? -- Did Freud discover the super-ego? -- Super-ego's public history 1: Nietzsche -- Super-ego's public history 2: Arendt -- Personal history of the super-ego -- Future of the super-ego -- Super-ego dreams -- Post-modern super-ego -- Death and the super-ego -- Super-ego culture -- Politics and the Super-Ego 1: Hypnotized! -- Politics and the Super-Ego 2: Social justice -- Politics and the super-ego 3: The blessed and the damned -- Are the kids alright? -- Identity! -- Super-ego drugs: Adderall and amphetamines -- Internet! -- Super-ego and the sense of time -- Beauty and the super-ego -- Patriarchy and the super-ego -- Super-ego and race -- Fighting back -- Crack a joke -- Get lucky -- Get Drunk -- Take a Pill -- Get Religion -- Get a Shrink 1 -- Get a Shrink 2 -- Beyond the super-ego -- Embrace the ideals -- Bibliographic essay -- Acknowledgments. |
| Abstract | "Cancellation, scapegoating, raving on Twitter. How did the Internet, which began as a place for open thought and exchange, become a forum for cruelty and judgment? Can a whole culture become mentally ill? How do we understand and respond to this problem? Mark Edmundson views contemporary culture and discourse through Freud's concept of the super-ego, the moralistic and frequently irrational inner judge. The poet William Blake was attuned to this 'dark pressure of self-condemnation,' and Nietzsche knew its power as well. One way to mitigate (temporarily) the self-judgment of the super-ego is to aim it outward instead, judging and even punishing others for supposed infractions. Naturally these targets fight back, resulting in a cascade of bitterness and even hatred. Edmundson traces the destructive passion of the super-ego on politics, race, gender, class, education, and more, drawing on psychological studies, classroom experience, and the work of Adam Phillips and Slavoj Žižek. Edmundson proposes ways to manage the super-ego and even to transform it into an affirmative power"-- Amazon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780300271386 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022942193 |
| ISBN | 0300265816 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780300265811 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |