Civilizations And Its Discontents

In the book Civilizations and Its Discontents, philosopher Sigmund Freud wastes no time in accessing culture’s feelings of necessities. Most importantly, he confronts head on the problem of ‘oceanic’ thoughts and child-like need for ‘a father’s protection’ as possible origins for mankind’s religious addiction (pg 20). Beginning a discussion on religious’ place in the lives of certain people, the subject of less-than-favorable events in life comes to light. It is from there that measures known as ‘powerful deflections’, ‘substitutive satisfactions’ and ‘intoxicating substances’ are introduced in their relation to religion as Freud sees it (pgs 23-24). Then and there the problem for Freud becomes where and how civilization grew and began so upon