Unit 5

Agitating the Sleep of Mankind
Freud and Intra-Psychic Reform

Unit Questions:

1. Would you characterize Freud as "utopian"? as "pragmatic"? as "tragic"? What is his view of human nature?
2. How does Freud draw upon the methods and assumptions of the authors we have studied?
3. Does Freud apply ideas drawn from Enlightnement political theory, or does he refute Enlightenment assumptions?
4. How does Freud's version of reform differ from that of the Renaissance, Enlightenment, French Revolution and Marxist?
5. Define "nationalism," "liberalism"and "cosmopolitanism" in the nineteenth century sense. What might these have to do with Freud's professional life and the development of Freud's theories of reform?
6. What are the mechanisms, means and ends of reform for Freud?
7. What is "modern" about Freud?

Day 1

Modernity, Nationalism and Liberalism

(optional) Read Sullivan pp 551-553, 557-559 ("Liberalism and Revolution"), 615 ("Nationalism and Antisemitism"); Peter Gay introduction to Civilization and Its Discontents; and the Carl Schorske chapter on Freud " " from Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

Freud Glossary
Freud Timeline
A Psychoarcheological "Backwards" Timeline: Professional, Political and Personal

Day 2 and 3

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Read Civilization and Its Discontents pp. 10-36 (Chapter I and II)

Day 4

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Group 4

Read Civilization and Its Discontents pp. 37-52 (Chapter III)

Day 5

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Group 5

Read Civilization and Its Discontents pp. 53-63 (Chapter IV), pp. 63-74 (Chapter V)

Day 6

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Group 1

Read Civilization and Its Discontents pp. 75-96 (Chapter VI and VII)

Day 7

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Group 2 and 3

Another Freud Glossary

Read Civilization and Its Discontents pp. 97-112 (Chapter VIII)

Go forth and reform!