The Freudian Revolution

Question 1

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
2 Instincts of the people

Answer 1

1. Life instinct: sex (libido)

2. Death instinct: aggression, self-destruction

Question 2

The Psyche:

(1) Id

Answer 2

the raw instincts

Question 3

The Psyche:

(2) Ego

Answer 3

The manager of the id that sublimates the instincts

Question 4

The Psyche:

(3) Superego

Answer 4

The conscience that manages the ego according to social standards and morality

Question 5

What is Sublimation?

Answer 5

Positive redirection / modification of instincts

Question 6

What is Repression?

Answer 6

Frustration; does not go away but takes the form of neurotic symptom.

Question 7

Civilizations and its discontents

Causes of Suffering

Answer 7

1. Body
2. External World
3. Relations with others

Question 8

Civilization and its Discontents

(Methods to avoid suffering) VHIDDM

Answer 8

1. Voluntary Isolation
2. Human Community
3. Intoxication
4. Displacements of libido (sublimation)
5. Delusion: alternative reality
6. Mass Delusion = religion

Question 9

Why does civilization bring discontent? (3)

Answer 9

1. Civilization is the result of humans sublimating their instincts
2. Civilization demands too much
3. Civilization can repress people and make them neurotic