Comparing Freud's Views On Religion, And Art

Freud’s Civilization and it’s Discontents spoke about his views on religion, science, and art. He believes that religion is restrictive, which could lead to more conflicts. He also believes that religion is an illusion. He believed that the origin of religion could be traced back as far as feeling of infantile helplessness. There needs to be a paternal protector for infantile helplessness or else we would not know what to do as children. In religion, we could view the paternal protector as God. Freud views science as facts, technology, and advancements, which could cause problems. Science removes us from the external world. Freud views art as an illusion of reality, which could bring pleasure. Art provides a difference between reality and illusion. He believed that if you have art and science, you do not need religion. Religion, art and science are also known as achievements of civilization, which fit into his theory of human happiness. Freud defines happiness in terms of the satisfaction of need or desire. Happiness is hard to achieve, which is where Freud’s pleasure principle is found. There are two parts of the pleasure principle, which are negative aim, that avoids pain and suffering and positive aim is getting pleasure. As a civilization, the more advancements we
We exploit the earth for resources, energy and building. It is the way we are able to build and advance our society. Beauty is for pleasure, enjoyment and not for necessary. Cleanliness prevents disease and order is psychological. Law also takes place in civilization because it regulates human relationships. Freud’s view on state of nature is that society did not start until civilization started when we have a variety of wants and needs. However, Rousseau has a different view on state of nature, which is that we started out with basic wants and needs that included sex, food and