15. Freud on Sexuality and Civilization

Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) Freud s brand of critical theory adds important dimensions; he argues that we can better understand our consciousness through the process of psychoanalysisthe talking cure, dream work, etcand we can cure ourselves through this process as well. We discuss Freud s early days in Vienna developing psychoanalysis as a clinical approach alongside Jung, Ferenczi, and others in their tightknit circle. They develop the ideas of the id, ego, and superego as well