Freud argues that organized society is founded upon and thus dependent on the repression of what he deems our“instinctual life.” In other words, civilization is a social contract, i.e., a sublimated compromise whereby we exchange the demands of the body for social norms cultural ideals. Do agree or disagree with his diagnosis?

Freud argues that organized society is founded upon and thus dependent on the repression of what he deems our“instinctual life.” In other words, civilization is a social contract, i.e., a sublimated compromise whereby we exchange the demands of the body for social norms cultural ideals. Do agree or disagree with his diagnosis?

Is he making a hasty generalization, or does his analysis provide persuasive evidence that civilized life leads inevitably to neuroses? Why or why not?

Include personal opinion/ viewpoint when answering the last three sentences of the prompt.