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"Civilized" Sexual Morality

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In this episode, Ryan and Todd return to their Freud series to explore an under-read 1908 essay, "'Civilized' Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness." This essay captures a lot of the early Freud's beliefs and anticipates moments of seismic change in his thought. Top of mind for the hosts is how Freud imagines the psychoanalyzing of a society and the primary role "drive" plays (in the case of this essay, it is sexual drive or libido).

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