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by Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents, which Freud wrote in the summer of 1929, compares "civilized" and "savage" human lives in order to reflect upon the meaning of civilization in general. Like many of his later works, the essay generalizes the psycho-sexual theories that Freud introduced earlier in…

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Posted By jessica l #62137 at Jul 25, 2008 2:54 PM

What is the id?

I've been reading through this book and some other stuff by Freud and I'm wondering - what is the id, really?  Is the id what we REALLY are?  Is it some kind of shared identity for people across cultures?  Is it kind of like the biological memory in evolution theory?  Anyway, it's just really interesting to think about.

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