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Freud examines the system of Totemism among Aboriginal Australians. Every clan has a totem (usually an animal, sometimes a plant or force of nature) and people are not allowed to marry those with the same totem as themselves. Freud examines this practice as preventing against incest.
- Sigmund Freud
- 1913
Totem and Taboo ‘Freud has told us that for him all natural science, medi-cine, and psychotherapy were a lifelong journey round and back to the early passion of his youth for the history of mankind, for the origins of religion and moral-ity – an interest which at the height of his career broke
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A classic work of psychoanalysis that explores the psychological origins of totemism, taboo, and the Oedipus complex. The book applies psychoanalytic concepts to racial psychology and folklore, and includes an introduction by A. A. Brill.
Learn about Freud's theories of the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, and the origins of social institutions in his essay Totem and Taboo. Explore the four sections of the essay and the key concepts of totemism, incest taboo, and exogamy.
Jan 13, 2004 · Totem and Taboo is a book by Sigmund Freud that explores the origins and functions of culture, religion, and morality. It was first published in 1913 and is now available as an eBook from Routledge.
- Sigmund Freud
- London
- 1913
Dec 30, 2020 · In this book the attempt is ventured to find the original meaning of totemism through its infantile traces, that is, through the indications in which it reappears in the development of our own children. The close connection between totem and taboo indicates the further paths to the hypothesis maintained here.
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In this brilliant exploratory attempt (written in 1912-1913) to extend the analysis of the individual psyche to society and culture, Freud laid the lines for much of his later thought, and made a major contribution to the psychology of religion.
