CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Death Drive, Psychoanalysis, Proto-Indo-European Language
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Fundamentally interested in developing a method of treating psychological problems by means of dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Wanted to access the unconsciousness and tried to bridge the gap between the conscious and unconsciousness. Believed that dreams were our unconscious self bubbling to our conscious mind and through the study of dreams we could understand our mind better. Developed the concepts: unconscious, repression, transference, pleasure principle, death drive, id/ego/superego. Developed the oedipus complex in his the interpretation of dreams (1899) Freud uses literature to support his psychoanalytical theory. Why oedipus is such a successful play is because it depicts the audience"s deepest repressed desires on the stage. Assumptions of freud about how the mind works. Can explain why oedipus did what he did. Made major contributions to the reconstruction of proto-indo-european. A sign is composed of a signifier and a signified . Language is created through structure of signs. Argues that oedipus has overvaluing and undervaluing love/blood relationships.
