{"id":10043,"date":"2016-11-02T22:35:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T05:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2016-11-02T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T05:35:08","slug":"freud-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/freud-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Freud Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frankly, I thought pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree meant I never had to read about social theories and theorists, or Freud\u2019s weird fascination with sex and the male anatomy again. \u00a0But amazingly, Freud continued to pop up like a bad dream throughout many of the theories in this book. Despite my previous studies, I found some fascinating concepts that have had a profound impact on our culture today.<\/p>\n

When Marxism said \u201cpleasure depends upon the accumulation of more and more things\u201d (p.41) the American culture came to mind and the mentality of \u201ckeeping up with the Kardashians\u201d.\u00a0 Elliot went on to describe how shopping is the most popular leisure pursuit next to watching TV worldwide.\u00a0\u00a0 Because of the accessibility of around the clock shopping, there is no end to the consumerism, and the instant gratification.\u00a0 He supports that people become known more by what they have purchased than who they are (p. 41).\u00a0 Instantly, social media comes to mind as we see images of people promoting what they have instead of the character they possess.\u00a0 Through the Frankfort School the study of capitalism was studied, and I found it interesting they based much of their teachings through the lens of Freudian psychoanalysis, which has had a significant impact on society formation today (p.42).\u00a0 There he is again\u2026<\/p>\n

Like Freud, Foucault was also interested in sex and how it shaped society, and saw sex as the \u201cfocal point of our contemporary cultural fascination with personal identity and the self\u201d (p.100).\u00a0 He supports his point with this\u2026\u201cmodern culture in the west has become obsessed with sex as the truth of identity\u201d (p. 101).\u00a0 As we deal with growing issues in our highly sexualized culture, it is not difficult to perceive this as being a relevant concept for our society.\u00a0 His point on becoming a \u201cconfessing society\u201d only confirms the sexual obsession he perceives and he credits the Roman Catholic church as being able to regulate sexuality through confessions, thus regulating society (p.101).\u00a0 It made me think of the role of the church currently and throughout history to regulate morality, and I wondered where our country would be without the church\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n

The chapter on feminism peaked my interest, especially the theorist, Kristeva, and her writings on motherhood. \u00a0Interestingly, her social theories evolved after becoming a mother, and it reminded me of the dramatic changes I went through after I became a mother.\u00a0 She described how \u201call experiences of pregnancy and maternity call into play powerful unconscious forces and primitive anxiety\u2026\u201d (p.230).\u00a0 Truer words have not been spoken, for I never knew what it was like to really fear the loss or injury of a child until I had children.\u00a0\u00a0 Being a mother not only brought out some primal strength, protectiveness, and nurturance within me, but I saw and treated the world differently.\u00a0 My empathy increased with compassion for the parents who were forced to bury their children or watch them suffer a painful existence, and my tolerance for war dropped dramatically. There is no doubt motherhood has a profound impact on society formation.\u00a0 But alas, Freud, with his sexual obsessiveness, had to find his way into the teachings of feminism, by theorizing \u201cthe little girl is a little man\u201d statement, and how she is guilty of all sorts of male envy and the power they hold (p. 213).\u00a0 Really?? I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m ready for Freud to play a smaller part in our theories and social development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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