Podcast: Civilization and Its Discontents and Borges
Discussion with Jon Beasley-Murray and Jill Fellows
Civilizations and its discontents
From my experiences from readings, I have found that I tend to enjoy the more literary pieces, such as Frankenstein, The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Medea, The Tempest, and the like. Freud was a good read and I particularly thought it was a read that was easier than most to follow. As stated in the lecture, […]
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Freud Response
Prior to reading Freud, I had no knowledge of him. Maybe that’s my fault for not being quite familiar with him or his writing styles, or his beliefs and what not.. but I didn’t know anything about him really. With … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Civilization and Its Discontents
Like Nietzsche in On the Genealogy of Morals, Sigmund Freud in Civilization and Its Discontents is interested in the puzzling fact that ultimately we are our own worst enemies. However hostile life may be–and in Freud’s vision of things, life … Continue reading →
Freud
As someone who had never previously read any of Freud’s writings, the only conception I had of his work was his incredibly uncomfortable familial sexual theories and perhaps a little bit of stuff surrounding the unconscious. Strangely enough, after reading … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Freud
Well, after a bit of stress, I’m finally getting this post up. I almost consider Freud to be in the ranks of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, or Beowulf. He’s so commonly known and referred to, that it seems impossible that an individual hasn’t at least heard of some of his ideas. In my opinion, while Freud […] Continue reading →
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
Audio of lecture by Jill Fellows for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme
Freud: Happiness is Contrast, or, Why I Can’t Have A Pool.
Before reading Civilization And Its Discontents I had associated Freud with scary ideas about your subconscious and such. There was a sort of stigma attached to the idea of Freud. I understand that this is but one of his published … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Freud– Civilization and its Discontents
I’ll begin by saying that although I don’t often read the introductions to our texts (shamelessly, I skim through them at best) there was no way of avoiding reading this one. I’m quite fond of Christopher Hitchens, and keep meaning … Continue reading →
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Civilization and its Discontents
I have been exposed to Freud only in psychology class, hearing his strange concepts on the importance of sex and the rather interesting idea of incestuous relationships. I was surprised to see this jawless, cocaine-addicted psychologist delving into the depths of religion, and philosophy in general. Personally I am not a fan of religion, actually scratch that, […]
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