"Civilized" Sexual Morality
Show notes
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).