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Rosenstock, Eliot, author.

The ego and its hyperstate : a psychoanalytically informed dialectical analysis of self-interest / Eliot Rosenstock.

Winchester, UK ; Washington, USA : Zero Books, 2021.

viii, 113 pages ; 22 cm

This is a unified theory of psychological and ethical egoism which posits self-interest. The dialectical dream theory sets its sights against capitalist notions of the self-interest contra the other, not simply with moralism, but with a more accurate analysis of the subject of self-interest than has been provided by capitalists and anarchist theorists alike.

Self-interest -- Psychological aspects.

Ego (Psychology)

Psychology -- Philosophy.

Informational works.

Includes bibliographical references (page 113).

Introduction: Some Casual Remarks About This Text Existing Rather Than Not Existing -- Essential Properties of Psychoanalytic Self-Interest: The Freudian Molecule ; The Negativity of the Will ; The Positivity of the Demand -- Ideology in Wonderland -- Dialectical Egoism: Vectors of Self-Interest: Universal Movements: The Ego Substance and Articulating the Symptom ; Egoism as Entrance and Escape ; Superego as a Unity ; The Negative Power of Myth ; The Hyperstate's Relation to Myth -- The Good Cause: Knowledge of The Good Cause ; Leaders of The Good Cause ; Territorial Molecules -- The Communal and Interpersonal: Agreements, Identity, Order ; Friendships ; Earth Mastery ; The Beautiful ; Order Contra Identity -- Pure Unconscious Rational Force: Absolute Particularity ; The Unconscious Extension of Words and Ideals Via Their Processes ; The Unity of Differentiating Forces Through Articulation ; The Absolute Hyperstate -- Afterwards: The Good Place.

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