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A 6 page paper. This essay considers Freud's theories about man's basic instincts as described in Civilization and Its Discontents and Malaparte's reports as recorded in Kaputt. The question is whether Freud's ideas about man's death or destruction instinct can really explain the horrors committed during World War II as reported by Malaparte. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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destructive or death instinct is the instinct for aggression that all humans have and it is this instinct that poses the greatest threat to the existence of civilized institutions. Freuds
concern was focused on the final outcome of the struggle between the individuals inherent aggression or death instinct and the repressive forces inherent in civilizations. Freud saw civilized institutions
as being both repressive and sublimative, in other words, as hampering individual freedoms. He also saw the death instinct as being a most powerful force driving individuals. The question than
is, which power will win in the end. Can civilized institutions stand up against mans internal and natural aggressive and destructive tendencies. In this essay, as in many others, Freud
wrestles with human nature and why there is such a gap between the goal for happiness and the goals of the community, which are not necessarily in synch or harmony
with each other. One of the issues Freud discusses in this essay, for example, is fidelity, which he claims is not part of human nature. Neither is monogamy, according to
Freud. Freud most often talked about mans erotic instinct to procreate as well as to join together to become a community. He said that the instinct for destructiveness was even
stronger than that instinct. He believed that if there were no checks and reins required by civilization that humans would just tear themselves apart. Nonetheless, he also strongly promoted human
need to form communities in some fashion or other. He did not believe that humans were either reasonable or innately good. Still, humans are constantly struggling between the Eros and
the Death or Destruction instincts. As much as Freud believed in the human need to assemble together as a family or community, he was adamantly against Communism. Communism would
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