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Who's afraid of A.C. Bradley?

The Common Reader • 673 implied HN points • 13 Mar 24
📚 Literature Criticism Shakespeare Character Psychoanalysis Realism
  1. Discussions on Shakespeare's characters often avoid delving into them as people, and those who do, like A.C. Bradley, are sometimes considered out of touch.
  2. Bradley's approach to literary criticism, focusing on the humanity of characters, has faced criticism and mockery over the years.
  3. The tension between traditional literary analysis, like Bradley's, and modern theories, such as Marxist political analysis, continues within academia.

The Shaping of a World Religion: Carl Jung and The Land of the Dead – Descending into the Underworld PART VII

Through A Glass Darkly • 687 implied HN points • 21 Jan 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Mythology Psychoanalysis Religious Studies
  1. Rejecting Christian tradition has led to a craze for the occult, with initiation seen as conferring a new status and contributing to the world's renovation.
  2. Jung aimed to shape a mass religious movement based on psychoanalysis, seeking an elite to usher in a 'Golden Age' on earth.
  3. Jung's use of the Solar Phallus Man case to prove the collective unconscious is surrounded by questionable evidence, raising doubts on the scientific basis of his theories.

In Defense of Repression II

Litverse • 279 implied HN points • 06 Feb 23
📖 Philosophy Psychology Existentialism Psychoanalysis Anthropology Self
  1. Repression could be a tool for building a new self by accepting and integrating past pain, according to Marcel Proust's Impressionist painter Elstir.
  2. Ernest Becker theorizes that repression is crucial not just for personal growth but also for maintaining societal agreement on fundamental truths, preventing a future with conflicting values.
  3. Projection, seen as a defense mechanism by Freud, is viewed optimistically by Becker, who believes it fulfills human narcissism and helps find purpose by prioritizing the outer world as part of the inner self.

Desire and Cinema

To Asra • 39 implied HN points • 11 May 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Films Desire Psychoanalysis Surrealism Gender Roles
  1. Buñuel's final four films explore human desire, repression, and societal civility through surrealistic storytelling.
  2. Jacques Lacan's theories on desire and pleasure are intertwined with Buñuel's filmography, creating a deep exploration of human experience.
  3. The gender dynamics and complexities of desire depicted in Buñuel's films echo the themes discussed by Lacan, showing the universal struggle with desire and relationships.
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The Freudian CLIP

Cybernetic Forests • 0 implied HN points • 16 Oct 22
🕹 Technology AI Training Data Psychoanalysis
  1. Describing AI models through psychoanalysis can be a metaphorical way to understand their behavior, even though AI doesn't have human-like unconscious desires.
  2. AI models like DALLE2 have strict content restrictions to avoid generating explicit or suggestive content, but there are ways to try and bypass these restrictions, leading to the concept of spurious content.
  3. Exploring the boundaries and limitations of AI-generated images using methods like psychoanalysis can help reveal hidden aspects of the training data and understand how these models interpret and generate content.