Sigmund Freud and his Historical and Cultural Influences

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Sigmund Freudand his Historical and Cultural
Influences
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Topics

• Childhood Education and Seminal Experience
• 19th Century Victorian Society
• 20th century events
• Vienna During the Late 19th early 20th Centuries
• Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

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Childhood

• Born 1856 into the Austro-Hungarian empire
• Unusual family
• Father passed away at young age precipitating
  series of distressing dreams.

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Education

• Child prodigy
• Studied medicine at University of Vienna
  (1873-1881)
• 1893 Studied hysteria with Josef Breuer

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Seminal Experience

• Studied with Charcot, world leading French doctor
  who studied hysteria
• Figured out the illness was psychological

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19th Century Victorian Society
By Lin Chang Gayoung
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Daily Life

• 1. Strict Social Classes
• 2. Christians

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Victorian Morality

• 1. Sexual repression
• vs. Prostitution growth
• 2. Stereotyping of women

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Working Life

• 1. Population Growth
• -gt Unemployment
• 2. Child Labor

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Family Roles

• 1. Concept of marriage
• 2. Father head of family

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20th Century Events
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1900 Millennium
The world is at peace
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World War I

• DESTRUCTION
• NEVER SEEN BEFORE

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The Great Depression World War II

• CONFIRMS HIS
• PESSIMISTIC
• PERSPECTIVES

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Influence
Freud was very pessimistic
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Vienna During the Late 19th early 20th
CenturyAustro-Hungarian Empire
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Vienna Cultural Capital of the World

• Capital of multicultural empire
• Flourished Musicians and Artists
• High Society

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In Contrast

• Prejudice
• High crime rates
• Poverty

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Vienna and Freud

• Two sides
• Pleasure and aggression
• Isolation
• Pessimistic thinking

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Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

• The science of the last two centuries which
  greatly influenced Freud

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Helmholtz
Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

• Conservation of Energy
• Constant
• Energy Systems
• Ernst Brucke

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Darwins theories
Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

• Evolution
• Natural Selection

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Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Technology

• Steam Engine
• Pistons
• Energy Conversion

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Influence on Freud
Science in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

• Helmholtz
• Darwins Theories
• Technology