Category: Sigmund Freud

  • Freud’s Contention “Love One’s Neighbor as Oneself”

    Love is a strong feeling of care that a person has towards something or someone. This feeling grows with time. A neighbor is not the person that lives next to one’s homestead but is any person who needs an individual’s help. The commandment of love is one of the foremost commandments among other commandments, as…

  • Freud, Sex and Sexuality

    Sex and sexuality can be considered fundamental social constructs as they regulate the interaction of people belonging to various communities and the way they evolve. For this reason, these aspects have always attracted philosophers’ attention. They tried to outline factors impacting the emergence of particular behaviors in individuals when interacting with sexually attractive partners as…

  • “The Future of an Illusion” by Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud is a highly controversial figure among philosophers, often criticized. Despite the significant number of published works, they have often been considered frauds. Nevertheless, some of Freud’s writings, especially later ones, deserve more detailed attention. One such work is “The Future of an Illusion”, in which Freud examines the question of religion from the…

  • Freud’s and Erickson’s Theories’ Differences

    Comparing the differences between the Freud’s and Erickson’s theories, it is necessary to point out that the stages in Freud’s theories were psychosexual, and the stages in Erikson’s theories were psychosocially oriented. The theory of psychoanalysis, which served as a base for numerous psychoanalytic theories, was developed at the late 19th century by Austrian physician…

  • Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung: Religious Beliefs

    By applying psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to religious studies, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung attempted to accurately describe the advantages and disadvantages of religious beliefs. According to the views expressed by Freud in his The future of an illusion, religious belief can have several positive implications for an individual but religion is only an…

  • Freud’s and Erickson’s Personality Theories

    Freud and the Neo-Freudians According to Freud, childhood experiences have a significant impact on the behavior and personalities that people develop in adulthood (Burger, 2018). In his theory of the psychosexual stages of development, he describes various developmental phases that people often go through, from infancy to adulthood. The theory defines five stages of psychosexual…

  • Human Instinct: Drawing on Theories of Freud and Rogers

    Table of Contents Synopsis Introduction Fraud’s View Rogers’ View Analysis of two positions Conclusion References “At the end of the day all personality theories come down to the same thing. Human beings are driven by instincts over which they have very little control”. Synopsis Human instincts play a dominant role in behavior and interaction with…

  • “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka in the Light of Freud’s Theory of Psychoanalysis

    Table of Contents Introduction Samsa is Kafka The Unconscious The Guilt Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In his documentary and diary writing, Franz Kafka professed his knowledge and fascination, rather than belief, in Sigmund Freud’s theories of psychoanalysis. According to Freud, people’s mental health through making their unconscious thoughts conscious, thus gaining an insight into what…

  • Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development

    Sigmund Freud argued that children develop psychologically through five distinct stages. Each phase is characterized by different erotogenic zones and personal conflicts (Desai, 2018). During infancy (birth to 1 year), the child draws much pleasure by placing things in the mouth. Oral stimulation makes the baby trustful and comfortable due to the overdependence on caregivers.…

  • Freud’s Emphasis on Using a Coach in Psychoanalysis

    Since Freud, the couch has been regarded as an essential component of psychoanalysis. Freud’s emphasis on using a coach in psychoanalysis could be interpreted in two ways (Skolnick, 2019). Firstly, the couch is a relic of hypnosis, once used to treat psychological disorders. Secondly, the couch is a ceremonial object, full of cultural meanings associated…