PRILOG FROJDOVOM RAZUMEVANJU POJMA KULTURE: KONCEPT I KRITIKA
CONTRIBUTION TO FREUD’S OF NOTION OF CULTURE: CONCEPT AND CRITICISM

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on the presentation and critical reading of Freud’s psychoanalytic understanding of culture. The paper reviews and examines the significance of Freud’s anthropological endeavors presented in the work Totem und Tabu (Totem and Taboo) (1913) and his general observations in the work Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (Civilization and its Discontents) (1930). It has been established that Freud’s theory of culture creation, in accordance with the anthropological views of its time, emphasizes that the primitive society represents the first level of culture creation, in the form of creating social and religious institutions. However, from the social science point of view, the problematic theses are the ones on originary patricide, as well as unclearly derived notion differences between the natural state and society itself. It is concluded that Freud’s thought about culture, despite its numerous shortcomings, is certainly welcome nowadays, when establishing a comprehensive theory of culture.

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