SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sigmund Freud, On Human Nature, Dynamite Entertainment
22 Nov 2018
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Founder of psychoanalysis: what motivates us to do behaviors that we do not think of influence us, how can you manipulate persons to do certain behaviors social change. Focus on exposing the dynamic forces responsible for deviant behavior. Role of the unconscious in human activity; analysis of dreams. Individuals driven by instinctual energy libido: this is more than sexuality, it goes beyond that. This drive to attain particular values, ideas is connected deep inside us that we are not fully aware of. Instinct but what dignity and justice looks like. What drives us is not fully within our control. [libido] is manifested not only in childhood sexuality, attachment to parents and brotherly love, but in art, work, aggression and just about all forms of human behavior involving emotional commitment including the feelings associated with the concepts. Self-respect", human dignity", fraternity" and equality" (szymanski in berberoglu, p.
