SOCIOL 3A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Beyond The Pleasure Principle, Sigmund Freud, Reality Principle
14 Dec 2017
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Has to do with his instincts and drive theory: beyond the pleasure principle (pamphlet) new way of looking at theory. Till then his theory was based on love, eros, sexuality and self preservation: love and hunger make the world go round eros and self preservation. Self preservation is self love called narcissism. Love can flow outwards to others or can be brought in again. Talks about great individuals (philosophers, poets, religious figures, etc. ) On author roland roman (friend of freud: being one with the external world as a whole. Freud religion stems from our helplessness which is experiences in 2 different stages in our life: 1. Infants terrified of noises, visuals, unfamiliar things look to our parents to subside anxieties: 2. Freud raises question of whether it is being correctly interpreted and whether it ought to be regarded as the fons et origo of the whole need for religion: where does this common feeling come from.
