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This 4 page paper examines Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents. How Freud sees problems in society and how they should be resolved is at the crux of this inquiry. No additional sources cited.
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individuality. This book coupled with the authors own theories regarding psychoanalysis, provides a sense of where man stands as an individual in society. It may be argued--according to a student--
"that the attempt to resolve the racial, gender, and class conflicts is not only likely to be unsuccessful, but also likely to result in more human suffering." That said, in
his book, Freud relays the following observation: "I may now add that civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and
after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind" (Freud, 1989, p.81). In the work, Freud seems to be saying quite the
opposite of eh students thesis, but upon closer examination, it seems that Freud is relaying not what should be, but merely what the aim of society is, and that is
not necessarily correct. Society tries to create a situation where everyone is the same, shares values, gets along and so forth, but then one would have a society much like
the one depicted in The Time Machine where in the far future everyone looks alike and apathy reigns. Rather, human beings are complex. They are creative. They need their freedom
and not necessarily to think or be alike. If the people do try to resolve the racial, gender, and class conflicts, there will be more human suffering because that goes
against variety and ego. A world where everyone gets along seems ideal, but the truth is that human beings thrive on differences. In order to have racial, gender and class
differences, one has to tolerate a degree of conflict. Not everyone is alike. Above all, Freud was concerned about maintaining individuality in society. This is certainly a controversial subject but
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