The Repressive Hypothesis: Natural Sexuality, Suppressed Eros and a Chance of an Alternative

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10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.13How to use a DOI?

Keywords

authoritarianism; eros; morality; repression; sexuality

Abstract

The article studies the so called "repressive hypothesis" according to which eros and sexuality are suppressed by authoritarian social order. This hypothesis is based of Freudian idea of repressive nature of culture and developed primarily by W. Reich and G. Marcuse. The current analysis points out the main elements of this theory such as the object of suppression, the roots of authoritarian society, general mechanics of repression and the possibilities for non-repressive social order.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Philipp Tagirov
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - The Repressive Hypothesis: Natural Sexuality, Suppressed Eros and a Chance of an Alternative
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 56
EP  - 60
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.13
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