Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents concludes that if a person can not fulfil their needs, then they will use “substitutive satisfactions” which give them the feeling they are looking for--feeling of satisfaction (Freud, 24). In addition, he explains how the “question of the purpose of human life” has been asked by multiple times and yet, no one has come up with an answer that shows that life has a purpose (Freud, 25). Additionally, Freud states that religion as come up with the most satisfactory answer (Freud, 24). As a result, Freud’s assessment of “civilization” as a place where happiness is difficult to achieve relates Freud 's theory of instinct which include the id, ego and superego.
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This relates to the theory of instinct because the superego, which give us moral, will provide us with guilt every time we do something bad. Guilt could be expressed in two ways, in the form of “ ‘consciousness of guilt’ ” and in the “ ‘ sense of guilt’ ” (Freud, 98). This reveals that we as humans have different ways of expressing guilt, and they both serve as vital part of civilization. For example, a person does something bad to another person, the person doing the bad thing will feel guilt and remorse and it will prevent the person from doing the bad thing to another person. In this case, they are feeling the “sense of guilt” because they were aware of what they were …show more content…
For example, some “small cultural groups offer” individuals to use aggression against intruders, and this demonstrates that aggression could be used in a positive way because it helps the “small cultural groups” (Freud, 72). This proves that aggression serves as a vital instinct for civilization because it helps keep it in a state of homeostasis. This relates to Freud’s theory of unconsciousness because the Id--which is the instinctive impulse-- activates when an individual feels threatened. That is why it is important to “ ‘love thine enemies’ ” because by loving them the person reduces the amount of anxiety they get if they ever get threatened by them (Freud,
Freud describes that the most important …show more content…
This relates to the theory of instinct because the superego, which give us moral, will provide us with guilt every time we do something bad. Guilt could be expressed in two ways, in the form of “ ‘consciousness of guilt’ ” and in the “ ‘ sense of guilt’ ” (Freud, 98). This reveals that we as humans have different ways of expressing guilt, and they both serve as vital part of civilization. For example, a person does something bad to another person, the person doing the bad thing will feel guilt and remorse and it will prevent the person from doing the bad thing to another person. In this case, they are feeling the “sense of guilt” because they were aware of what they were …show more content…
For example, some “small cultural groups offer” individuals to use aggression against intruders, and this demonstrates that aggression could be used in a positive way because it helps the “small cultural groups” (Freud, 72). This proves that aggression serves as a vital instinct for civilization because it helps keep it in a state of homeostasis. This relates to Freud’s theory of unconsciousness because the Id--which is the instinctive impulse-- activates when an individual feels threatened. That is why it is important to “ ‘love thine enemies’ ” because by loving them the person reduces the amount of anxiety they get if they ever get threatened by them (Freud,