In "Civilization and its Discontents," Freud reveals three measures one may indulge in to evade the unhappiness and disappointments in ones life. ... Intoxicating substances like alcohol manipulate our body and change its chemistry. ... The social phenomena of the increased instances of alcohol abuse may be more clearly understood though the reading of Freuds "Civilisation and its Discontents ". ... After reading "Civilization and its Discontents," ones understanding and approach to this problem is enhanced....

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Up until the publication of his works, including Civilizations and its Discontents, the darker reality of human nature and psychological stability had not been of much emphasis. ... Unfortunately, the psychological level becomes an area of neglect and consequently a source of much discontent. ... Because of the suppression of this instinct, civilization will inevitably have its discontents. ... Freud objects to its validity. "A love that does not discriminate seems to me to forfeit a part of its own value, by doing an injustice to its object; and secondly, not all men are worthy of love" (...

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Sigmund Freud, in his book "Civilization and Its Discontents," states that people are unhappy due to the establishment of society which creates restraints on their instinctive impulses. ... Just as the individuals have developed the super-ego to guide them to fit into the civilization, the civilization has developed a super-ego, called cultural super-ego, which works to strengthen the civilization. ... As a result it does not consider the instincts of people and only acts on its interest. ... If went over the limit, the person will end up developing neurosis, unhappy, or revolting against the ...

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Yet, more so than his contemporaries, Voltaire was the very epitome of the ideology against which the Royal Navy was pitted, not only in its struggle against revolutionary France, but also in its efforts to quell mutinous conspiracies among its men. ... Reasonable discontent growing out of practical grievances in the fleet had been ignited into irrational combustion as by live cinders blown across the Channel from France in flames (Stafford, pp. 11-12). ... As Billy represents the "Revolutionary Spirit" in its amiable aspects, Atheiste, flying the flag of the French government, which deliber...

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Along his journey, he encounters a number of hypocritical and exasperating Europeans, pitiable natives, and a jungle that takes on a life force of its own. ... Using satirical characters and a poignant description of the destruction caused by imperialism, Conrad condemns the movement and its supporters, making a huge statement as the time and opening the wicked truth of imperialism to the public eye. ... "The vision is tragic because it implies a metaphysical conception similar to Freud's conclusion in Civilization and Its Discontents, an instinctual need to dominate or to be destroyed....

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BNW is a benevolent dictatorship, for at its pinnacle there are ten world controllers. ... By getting rid of potential sources of tension and anxiety and dispelling residual discontents with soma. The World State controls its populace no less than Big Brother. ... This quote underscores the entire idea behind this modern civilization, lack of individuality. ... Even by its own criteria, BNW is not a society where everyone is happy. ...

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Baliozian (1980 p. 14) states "poor little Armenia has been the mouflon in the sandwich between warring nations and factions for millennia, and its people have been used as spear fodder time and time again. ... In 1916 Russia took Ottoman Armenia but handed it back because World War I knocked out its military. ... Baliozian (1980 p. 65) states "they fooled with local borders, sowing seeds for later discontent, but the Soviet apparatus of control kept a lid on Armenian/Azerbaijani tension for almost 70 years. ... The Soviet army fought its way into Baku and restored its version of ord...

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Each one of his characters represents a different principle and its relationship to the general public. ... After work every day he feels a sensation "-the sensation of its [his labor] having worked and stopped in his own head" (Hard Times, pg. 61). ... The propaganda of the non-worker had convinced him of its supremacy and reduced Blackpool to an uncomplicated believer. ... Once he has the opening to enter the real world, he revolts due to his discontent with his education: "..when I go to live with old Bounderby I"ll have my revenge...I mean I"ll enjoy myself a little and go about and hear...

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