008 01 31Frd_FreudThemroc
- 1. Freud/Themroc, Themroc/Freud: What may the scene from the movie you saw on Tuesday have to do with Freud and/or psychology?
- 2. from Peter Gay’s Introduction to his Freud-Reader, p. xiii and Freud’s estimate of the human animal is far from flattering... ...his portrait of man, the insatiable animal pushed and pulled by unrespectable, largely unconscious, desires and aversions,...
- 4. Peter Gay, in the Foreword to his Freud-biography: “ In my judgment, he saw the human animal more clearly, and more justly, than did anyone else. He recognized that humans—all humans—must face the dilemma of civilization. For civilization is at once humankind’s greatest achievement and its greatest tragedy. It requires individuals to control their impulses, deny their wishes, limit their lusts.”
- 5. Themroc
- 6. Peter Gay, in the Foreword to his Freud-biography: “ In Freud’s wise and disillsuioned perspective, people cannot live without the restraint that civilization imposes, but they cannot live really freely within those restraints. Frustration and unhappiness are part of human fate. The most significant, and most overlooked, aspect of education is its negative aspects; it teaches the child what not to do, what not to ask for, even what not to imagine.”
- 7. HW for tomorrow: Step 1: Make a shopping list (8 to 12 items). On day 6 of Creation, the construction of the human mind (not: brain!) has been outsourced to you; what parts (like thoughts, ideas…) do you need to get from the celestial supermarket? Step 2: Think about in which departments you’ll find your items (= categorize them). Step 3: Think about what your items may consist of. What material are they made from? Is there something like the most basic ingredient(s)?