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...Civilization and Its Discontents. In this essay, Freud writes his perception of the Death Instinct within the context of the collective. Freud said that the 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. Freud's 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 man's internal and natural aggressive and destructive tendencies. In this essay, as in many others, Freud wrestles with human nature and why...

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