The social life of a human being is characterized by social interactions. These social interactions are associated with emotions such as love and hate and are the building blocks for social structure (Anderson, Margaret, Taylor 76). There are several existing theories with respect to the biological and psychoanalytical aspects of love and hate. I will be specifically analyzing theories regarding the psychoanalytical aspect. A couple of interpretations that stand out are Freud, Melanie Klein, Ian Suttie and Edith Jacobson. Before examining each of these interpretations, we must first know and understand where we obtained the concept of love and hate from.
Ancient Greek culture, being the birthplace of Western civilization, produced great achievements that still influence everyday life (Leadership and Management). Democracy, sciences, philosophy and the arts usually come to mind. Although few may realize that our entire culture has been influenced by the mythology of the Greeks including our concept of emotions and feelings, such as love and hate. …show more content…
Males, females and androgynous, with both male and female elements. Each human being was completely round, with four arms and four legs, two identical faces on opposite sides of a head with four ears, and everything else to match. These human beings were powerful and unruly threatening to scale the heavens. As a punishment Zeus, the king of gods, cut them in half in order to weaken them. After that human beings longed for their other half so much that they searched for it all over and when found, wrapped themselves around it very tightly and didn't let
Ancient Greek culture, being the birthplace of Western civilization, produced great achievements that still influence everyday life (Leadership and Management). Democracy, sciences, philosophy and the arts usually come to mind. Although few may realize that our entire culture has been influenced by the mythology of the Greeks including our concept of emotions and feelings, such as love and hate. …show more content…
Males, females and androgynous, with both male and female elements. Each human being was completely round, with four arms and four legs, two identical faces on opposite sides of a head with four ears, and everything else to match. These human beings were powerful and unruly threatening to scale the heavens. As a punishment Zeus, the king of gods, cut them in half in order to weaken them. After that human beings longed for their other half so much that they searched for it all over and when found, wrapped themselves around it very tightly and didn't let