http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/freud-as-philosopher
A lively essay, I felt, explained some conservative views well- on repression and self-restraint, ambivalence, emotional unawareness. Cheer up! He feels the "good life" consists of love and work- and I agree. Among works of Freud offered in one of my courses are "The Future of an Illusion" (religion and tradition) and "Civilization and Its Discontents" (individual vs. society). Perhaps others would like to discuss these books- very slim books but "meaty". Or we could delve into some Eric Hoffer?Or get carried away with Lenin's "State and Revolution"?
