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E RICHMOND COLLEGIANBOMBASTSGroup Psychology and the Analysis of the Ugn by Sigmund Freud: translated by James Strnchey; New York ; Boni and l.iveright; pp. 127 ($2.00),l)i I’reiid discusses group psychology with especial reference to the in tenictiun with ego in tins latest hook. This work is not .strictly in his field and lias led many to conjecture as to whethei lie has abandoned psycho analysis, recently denied however by Mr. hreud himself The hook ueees sarlly requires a ktlf wledgc ol psv dnd.'giral terms beyond tin range of the average reader. It is none the less interesting for this stricture, as then is a brief g’ossuiy of terms contained in the volume. However, we have never i etui any of these deeply psychological books that had an ade quate glossary, lln\ always refer to oin which is to he issued shortly, but is never published.Proud neats the fundamental id ipg gestion, flu impasse of irmn\ writers in this held, as a men expression of the libido; and at mu l admit that he advances quite plausible arguments in defense of his thesis.Elect Atwill and Whiteto Debating FraternityT, II, \twill and (j. Cury White were recently elected to member si ip in Tau Kappa Alpha honorary debating fraternity Mice lion to the society is based upon distinguished work in intercollegiate debatingMr Atwill debated I'llrman I mVet sit \ last year and has been very prominent in forensic activities at the I'nivcrsit) of Richmond, lie is a student at the T, C. W illiams School of Law Mr, W hite debuted Lynchburg t allege here last lall and will meet the Cniveifbtj of West Virginia in deha • \pril 2,t'i hypnotic state are qdftc similar. In fact ti nt they ire the seme, with the exception in the hitter, the sexual instinct is either sublimated or lacking.In his analysis of the group, a In Id that he i elmei in than Le Ihm, I)r. Freud treats two artificial groups, tin ( Imrcli and the Army, 11lt;- finds them both founded on the lihiilinal prlpei* pie. The difference between the twoof the ego with an object, and in the Church mere is the replacement of the ego idea with an object.The author rejects Trotter's ideas of the herd instinct on the ground that he takes into too little account the lender's part in a group while 1'Teud feels that it is impossible to grasp the nature of a group if the leader is disregarded. To him, it is not at all possible to have a group in the psychological sense unless there is a lead* m\ or an idea which replaces hint. Of course, the negative phase lt;0 the ha (red id the many against the one is to he confddored.\s early as I'flJ, ITetid in his work, Totem I ml Taint, look up the eon jecturc of Darwin to tin elTect that the: primal horde was ruled by a powerful male, demonstrating the early yearnings for a leader Ultimately they formed the totcmistii community of brothers through the medium of homosexual self-love.I* i end hinds all the together into a comprehensive and satisfactory whole, di fiuetl) dear in its in« eptjon and in its development. Mr, Stradic\ has translated the work in a careful man tier, combining stric t aclhcteiiee to theu...I,, i,
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Richmond Collegian
Richmond, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 06, 1925
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