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Chapter Twenty Eight: Sigmund Freud
Brief Biography of Sigmund Freud: Summary of Ideas, Portrait & Quotes
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Chapter
Twenty Eight: Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psychiatrist and the founder
of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, based on his discovery that unconscious
motives control much behavior, that particular kinds of unconscious thoughts
and memories, especially sexual and aggressive ones, are the source of neurosis,
and that neurosis could be treated through bringing these unconscious thoughts
and memories to consciousness in psychoanalytic treatment.
His ideas have impacted
not only psychology but also philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political
science, history, literary criticism, art history, music history, and cultural
studies.
In his 40's, Freud had numerous psychosomatic disorders as well as exaggerated
fears of dying and other phobias. During this time Freud was involved in the
task of self-analysis. He explored his own dreams, childhood memories, and
the dynamics of his personality development. During this self-analysis, he
came to realize the hostility he felt towards his father (Jacob Freud), and "he
also recalled his childhood sexual feelings for his mother (Amalia Freud),
who was attractive, warm, and protective".
Freud also believed that the libido developed in individuals by changing its
object. He argued that humans are born "polymorphously perverse," meaning
that any number of objects could be a source of pleasure. ... (see book for
more)
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his
deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete
adjustment to a complicated civilisation. It is the result of the conflict
between our instincts and our culture.
Analyse any human emotion, no matter how far it may be removed from the sphere
of sex, and you are sure to discover somewhere the primal impulse, to which
life owes its perpetuation.
The primitive stages can always be re-established; the primitive mind is, in
the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.
(Sigmund Freud)
A lively and concise journey through the central
ideas of thirty famous philosophers. From ancient Indian, Greek and Chinese
Philosophy to modern Western Philosophy, this book explores the changing foundations
of human knowledge and their effect on how we think and live.
Includes full page portraits, brief biographies and selected quotes from some
of the greatest minds of human history on the universal subjects of Truth,
Reality, Nature, Cosmos, Wisdom, Morality, Mind, Education, Politics, Art,
Religion & God.
Written for the lay person, while remaining true to the original ideas, this
is an engaging account of the Metaphysical foundations of Philosophy that is
both illuminating and thought provoking. (Cover Photograph: Plato & Aristotle
- The School of Athens by Raphael)
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Philosophical Sketches: Chapter Headings & Content Summary
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Mind, Religion & God.
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Related Pages: Sigmund Freud
We also have a nice philosophy web page on Sigmund Freud;
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Sigmund-Freud-Psychoanalysis.htm
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