SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture 19: theory-3a03-november-29th-2016
8 Dec 2016
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Civilization and its discontents- november 29th: the (cid:373)ai(cid:374) the(cid:373)e antagonism between the demands of instinct and the restrictions of civilization. Dis(cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s of (cid:858)feeli(cid:374)g u(cid:374)(cid:449)ell(cid:859) in terms of civilization. Chapter 1-4 is based on eros drives. Chapter 5-8 is based on aggression and the death drive starts by referring to a letter from a f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d (cid:449)ho (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)eud (cid:373)issed a poi(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the (cid:858)t(cid:396)ue(cid:859) sou(cid:396)(cid:272)e of (cid:396)eligio(cid:374) Freud shed light on the oceanic feelings in terms of psychoanalysis and where is probably comes from. Going back to the beginning (embryotic life) we are connected to everything even before coming into the world. We are not a separate being among other separate beings. Only gradually do we understand that there is something outside of us and then there is us. We like to keep what is inside us things that bring us pleasure, what brings us pain we keep on the outside.
