Psychoanalysis In Culture and Society 2

Question 1

In 'Totem and Taboo,' Freud argues that the prohibition against killing the totem animal parallels which psychological phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Repression of aggressive drives toward the father

Answer

Freud saw the totem taboo as a cultural displacement of the Oedipal prohibition on killing the primal father.

Question 2

Freud's concept of 'civilization and its discontents' rests primarily on the idea that culture demands:

Accepted Answer

Renunciation of instinctual satisfaction in exchange for security

Answer

Freud argued civilization requires individuals to sacrifice instinctual gratification, producing chronic discontent.

Question 3

Which psychoanalytic concept did Herbert Marcuse use to critique modern industrial society in 'Eros and Civilization'?

Accepted Answer

Surplus repression

Answer

Marcuse coined 'surplus repression' to describe repression beyond what civilization minimally requires, imposed by dominant interests.

Question 4

Freud's 'Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego' explains group cohesion primarily through:

Accepted Answer

Libidinal ties between members and to the leader

Answer

Freud argued that groups are held together by erotic, libidinal bonds directed at the leader and fellow members.

Question 5

In psychoanalytic social theory, 'social character' as developed by Erich Fromm refers to:

Accepted Answer

The shared core character structure that binds individuals to their society

Answer

Fromm defined social character as the emotional attitudes shared by members of a society that serve its economic and social needs.

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