Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
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I think the debunking of his work was due to the failure to accurately replicate the results of his experiments. This is a broader problem than just Freud's work, there is a minor crisis in the social sciences regarding replication failures.
Civiization and Discontent basically outlines the conflict between humankind's base nature for, amongst other things, killing and sexual gratification versus the restrictive laws that society creates that curtail these fundamental urges.
It's a very interesting topic and one that resonates with the current appetite for social justice.
- I was wondering about suppressed aggressions and the development of neurosis. I live in NYC, and there's a lot of surpressed aggresssions.pinkfloyd
- Blame the parents. ;) May i recommend reading up on the Super-ego and it's strive for perfection. Often, when that perfection can't be satisfied it can...Morning_star
- ...manifest as neurosis. As the super-ego deals with ones attitude to cultural rules it's heavily influenced in childhood by those closest to you. That's whatMorning_star
- ..Freud thinks in a nutshell. As Mugwart mentions below, Jung is better.Morning_star
- Sounds like my old boss who was a perfectionist and he had lots of emotional issuespinkfloyd
- ^ the whole world is an emotional mess. The sooner we look within the sooner we can stop this madness.mugwart