Sigmund Freud's Civilization And Its Discontents Summary

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Long term bonds between men and women have become almost a boilerplate in the modern world. In Chapter 4 of Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud explores the origins of prehistoric marriage and how some of these ways are seen in today’s society. Freud describes this idea by dividing the idea of eros into two separate segments. The first segment of Eros is called the aim-inhibited love where one has a restraint on his or hers sexual desires. And the second segment is the idea of “genital” love, where one has no restraints on his or hers sexual desires towards an individual, which is the adult phase of love where sensuality and affection is being expressed. Throughout the chapter, Freud suggest that women have an inevitable

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