The "superman" and the "horde father": ethical considerations
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-863X2010000300013Keywords:
father, Freud, moralAbstract
The paper examines the approach proposed by Freud between the father of the primal horde' referred to in Totem and Taboo and the concept of superman' described by Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Based on this analysis, the following points are discussed: (1) problems addressed in the Freudian interpretation of the concept of Superman'; (2) differences between Freud and Nietzsche regarding the understanding of authority' and disregard for the Law', singular aspects, according to Freud, both of the superman' as well as the father of the horde' and (3) difference between contempt for moral' claimed by Freud and Nietzsche's advocacy of a morality based on the transmutation of all values'.Downloads
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