SOC SCI H1F Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pethidine
17 Feb 2017
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Freud defined civilization in the following way. Conflict won by society individual loses and must endure certain amount of personal unhappiness and disappointment. When irrational impulses from id threaten to break though to consciousness, ego triggers repression. Available to keep unwanted urges from id out of consciousness. Operates by divering energy of instinctual desire into socialy acceptable activities involving work, creativity, and achievement. Michelangelo purported to be gay at a time when it was subject to punishment. produced art by having ego channel sexual desires into creativity. Freud himself may have relied on sublimation. after 6th child, freud renounced sexual relations with wife while continuing to be a prolific writer. 47,000 which is more than those who perished from car accidents or shootings. Freud"s closing warning: men gained control over nature, no difficulty in exterminating one another to the last man, eros vs. thanatos, ability of humanity to destroy itself large part of their current unrest, unhappiness, and anxiety.
