Essays on Discontents

The underlying makeup of human nature has been a primary focus of many philosophers throughout history, particularly the relationship between the individual and culture. According to noted psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in Civilization and its Discontents, civilization is made up of individuals, each with their own anxieties and personality traits, their own needs and priorities being the essential focus of human nature. However, Ruth Benedict is much more focused on culture as the vehicle that establishes consistent actions and thought patterns that can be found within societies, each of which must be accepted and tolerated as individual to them. Comparing ...

At its heart what were the basic public policy issues Obama faced in regard to the matter of deporting illegal aliens? With the message from the President of the United States from November 2014, the administration with Obama in head of it, wanted to work on the immigration system of the country and wanted to fix the emerged issues, because the number of illegal immigrants on the territory of USA is quite big. Pew Research Center reports that in the year 2014 the number of aliens who stay on the territory of the United States on illegal basis is ...

The orientation systems at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines are the same for all nurses. The subjects usually attend a four to five-week formal class from where they are expected to learn the skills and competencies required for the job. The new nurses are joined by a preceptor whose main objective is to give practical insights to the discussion. Their readiness for the job will be evaluated through a series of assessment activities. A clinical resource nurse may also be requested to gauge the suitability of new recruits to the positions they will fill in. After the probationary period, the orientation ...

Since its existence, money has been a powerful tool, whose significance depended on the attitude of the money owner to it. Without the attached value, money is a neutral means for survival that is used to ensure the access to the necessities. However, when in hands of people with different personalities, goals, aspirations and views, it can become a positive or a negative influence on one’s own life and on the lives of many people. It can be used to provide immediate help, food, clothes, a roof over one’s head and to finance professional projects, hobbies and recreation; however, at the same ...

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The following paper is a summary of the book “Globalization and its Discontents” by the Noble Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. This book talks about how globalization has failed to achieve the economic equality it was meant to produce, enumerating the faults in the working of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization and what steps they must take to put reformed policies in place such that both developing and developed nations can benefit from their respective economies and free markets Keywords: International Monetary Fund, finance, economy, free markets, World Bank

Introduction

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Ways in Which a Rebellious or Outcast Individual, Specific or Type, Conditioned to Conform, and Ways in Which This Conditioning is Ineffective

Rebellion is a common occurrence in the modern world. In reality, resistance dates back to the creation according to biblical sources. In the bible, it is noted that Satan who was an otherwise favorite angel of God rebelled against the creator in his quest to have absolute power over his creator's subjects. The aftermath would be his expulsion from heaven where the bible records that the Almighty God dwells. Different reasons could cause rebellion. The rebelling party could have found sufficient reasons to make them believe that their continue co-operation with the other party was untenable and. Therefore, rebelling ...

Freud was a human psychologist who studied behaviours of human beings in relation to the environment. He developed a psychoanalytic theory of personality where he argues personality composes of three elements that work to develop human behaviours, the id, the ego, and the superego. The following paper focuses on two of these elements and their application in the book Civilization and its Discontents. The ego element deals with reality while the superego maintains a person’s moral standards and ideals acquired from the family and the society. The Freud investigated the spiritual phenomenon that connects the ego with the outside world through ...

In Civilization and Its Discontents Freud examines the anxieties and tensions that are part of modern society and how they affect individuals, who naturally want to be free in a world that demands conformity. According to Freud, humans still have caveman instincts, and may want to kill, rape, steal and pillage to get pleasure. However, living in a society requires “civilization” and the laws, communities, norms and repression that go along with modern life. As a result, individuals feel frustrated, isolated, alienated and angry, which makes them discontent. They want to do what comes naturally and produces pleasure, but are forced to ...

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Liam Neeson’s ‘Carriages Belong in Central Park’ is an article, which addresses horse-drawing carriage business in the Central Park. The author notes that such an activity has existed over the centuries, and sees no harm about it. However, Mayor Bill de Blasio intends to eradicate the activity. His reason for this step is that the industry was inhumane, and as a result, he suggested that he would replace the horse-drawn carriages with vintage cabs. Neeson had as his main aim the urge to argue against such abolishment, for he saw no reason for the horses to be banned for ...

In his article “Carriages Belong in Central Park”, appearing in the New York Times, Liam Neeson addresses the issue of horse drawn carriages in New York City. The article come from a sense of exigency created by a proposal by current New York mayor, Bill de Blasio to eradicate the horse drawn carriage business in the city of New York by the end of this year. Neeson feels the need to address this issue seeing that he is a lover of horses and as he mentions, he grew up with horses in his native land of Ireland. Neeson also feels a sense of ...

Being contemporaries and rivaling each other in their researches, Fromm and Freud cannot but have common observations that imply years of studying and working together. Even though Freud and Fromm’s professional relationship are disrupted by ideological disagreements, they still remain focused on similar subjects and ideas. In the books we compare, both Freud and Fromm stress on boundaries the Western civilization sets on individual development. Freud’s dissection of social mechanisms is specific to his work in general. He sets the trend to see civilization as the main cause for the inability of individuals to reach their potential. ...

Globalization and its Discontents is a pleasurable and thought- inciting book. It’s written by one of the most renowned Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz in 2002. It is perhaps the utmost decipherable, lucid, and delicate attack against globalization during the past couple of years. Though the author struggles, in a slightly rigid style with some shadows of pride, against his ideology of deceitful free-market mindsets, his style is unpretentious and reachable to a widespread audience. However, this is also illusive to some extend. ‘Although the writer stresses on time and again that he is not directing an attack against market principles ...

An individual is the basic unit of society for most Western democracies. As such, laws and the execution of laws (one form of justice) in these societies focus on individual rights. Justice can be seen as two parts. Justice is one sense is reparations, or punishment that a society inflicts upon an individual. This essay looks at texts of Martin Luther King, Sigmund Freud and Thomas Jefferson in order to ascertain each of their guiding philosophies on what consisted of individual rights and justice. Each of them falls in line in a very particular philosophical school of thought with regard to ...

- Introduction There have been a number of important changes in the world in recent years, and many of these changes are due to technology. There are very few technologies that have not changed with time, and many of these technologies have evolved to make humanity live easier, more comfortable lives. Examining how technology has allowed us to live easier lives can be investigated in a number of different ways. There are now computers we can carry in our pockets; our car can give us directions to the nearest restaurant, and we live much longer lives thanks to advances in ...

The book by Freud, civilization and its discontents argue about the capitalist work and effects they have had on the society from a different perspective compared to the estranged labor by Karl Marx. Despite the differences that do exist between the theories, there exist some similarities that will be highlighted in the content of this paper. The similarities in this essay will be highlighted contrasting and comparing the contents of these two articles. The article by Freud is based on his previous work which is religiously based. In essence, his try to overlook the existence of different pathological and ...

Freud thinks human beings can never be happy for a number of reasons. Unhappiness is a peculiar feeling that is present in millions of individuals around the world. It is a feeling that has no limit and is subjective. Freud says that it is not easy to deal with the feelings scientifically. He says that the feeling is oceanic, and it is an intellectual perception present in every other human being. It is not possible to enter into people’s minds that have the feeling to be able to understand it and thus, we cannot tell if the feeling is correctly interpreted. ...

The East Asian nations started marching steadily along the growth path from the mid 20th century. From the 60s the growth and development scenario in this region was impressive. Most of the indicators of development showed a positive change at a rapid pace. Income grew at a steady pace with high rate of savings and investment. Governments’ thrust on education and industrialization gave impetus to the growth of the economies. Poverty was reduced considerably and the general standard of living improved to a large extent in a span of thirty years. The growth trajectory was so impressive that it is often termed as the ‘East ...

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Joseph E. Stiglitz surely knows a thing or two about International Economics. The Nobel Laureate Columbia University Economics Profe.ssor, who served from 1995 to 1997 under US President Bill Clinton as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and then from 1997 to 2000 as the Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank, debates in detail, the effect that globalization has had on the world. Globalization, as a process, is the coming together of countries. It all but eliminates the needs for boundaries, making countries interconnected. The resulting effects are increased trade, better communication, and ...

A test that I had taken is a objective test. It only measures the aptitude of the student of picking the right answer from the given choice. There can be different tests like subjective test, open book test, surprise test, presentation on a particular subject, debate etc. Different test would give different scores for the same material. Surprise test and presentations are commonly used as punishing mechanism by the teacher. It makes students more attentive in the class. In case of making a presentation students have to come prepared to attend the class. This leads to the students being more informed ...

- What is Freud’s concept of human nature? What does he mean by civilization and why does it leave us discontented? Sigmund Freud made great contribution in the quest to understand what human nature is. His psychoanalytic theory professes that behavior is determined by very many irrational forces ranging from motivations which are both conscious or unconscious, instincts and even psychosexual actions before the lapse of the first six years of human life (Freud 15). He goes further to state that sexual desire is the driving force behind any form of energy in human life. Freud ...

‘Globalization and its discontents’ is a book written with a sharp wit to provoke the reader into keenly reading and analyzing the whole book. The book is written to illuminate the truth about globalization and the major problems brought about by the whole process of globalization and market liberalization. The author of the book has vast experience in dealing with world economics having worked at the US economic control body and the IMF. His book appears to draw most of its contents from personal experience while working at the top positions in the institutions. The main argument of the ...

Ludwig Boltzmann was an Australian physicist who is well known in the world of physics and Chemistry. The main fields that make him a well known person in the field of science are the molecular motion of particles in which he proposes that molecules must have thermal energy on top of other forms of energy for them to move (Klein 45). He contributed immensely in statistical mechanical physics and statistical thermodynamics. By evaluating amount of energy in molecular bodies, his influence stretched further to cover molecular chemistry. One of the most remembered and significant theory is the H-Theorem. The ...

Globalization can be defined as the increasing relationships in the globe concerning culture, economical activities and political influences. In economics, economic globalization refers to the unrestricted movement of goods and services across the national borders with little or no barriers. It has been argued that economic globalization can result in economic growth in developing and developed countries through specialization, reduced labor and technology importation and comparative advantage. Critics have challenged the idea of globalization by claiming that the people encouraging globalization only looks exaggerates the advantages and underestimates the costs of globalization. It is in this perspective that we ...

Although criticizing religion is undoubtedly controversial according to many a believer, the concept of having a universal but supreme god prevents many from finding solutions to their problems (Vidal). On the religious side, it can be argued that having monotheistic religions has contributed to the existence of a just society, characterized by law and order. From a critical point, a monotheistic religion prevents the believers from exercising their freedom of worship or freedom of religion and hence, preventing them from visualizing the existence of any world other than the one depicted by their religion. As such, a monotheistic believer will always live in a world of ...