Warmup Questions Pick 2 to answer:
In what two aspects does Freud characterize human civilization? How are they related?
Why does he feel civilization needs to be protected against individuals? What are the mental assets ofcivilization? How do prohibitions operate?
What is the superego and how does it work?
What is the role of ideals?
What does Freud think is the principal task of civilization?
Why do people ‘humanize’ nature?
How does Freud think the gods have evolved? How does he characterize religious ideas? From
what ground does he think they have arisen? What is their psychological significance?
What does Freud say about efforts to authenticate religious beliefs.
In what ways does Freud think such ideas are illusions (and what does he mean by the term)?
What needs do they satisfy? Should one believe in such ideas according to Freud?
Why should we keep religion; what is the alternative?
Is religio neurotic? What do you think of Freud’s argument? What sort of religion is he describing?
How doeshis position differ from Durkheim’s?