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Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

2025-06-04 People & Blogs
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Freud proposed the theory of the Oedipal Complex. Where did he get the idea? Why did it become so popular? In this talk to his Beijing high school students, Jiang Xueqin explains that Freud developed his psychological theories in order to protect the interests of the powerful. His protege Carl Jung would take Freud's theory of the unconscious, and turn it into a systemic model of human psychology. Because of modernist literature and art, this "cult of the self" has permeated throughout the entire culture, becoming the air we breathe. This has led to devastating social consequences, especially among the young. References: 1. Aetiology of Hysteria by Sigmund Freud 2. Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud 3. Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud 4. The Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Masson 5. Ulysses by James Joyce 6. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Top Comments (10)

@ShadesofSorrow123 2025-06-04

His lectures are the best example that history isn't a straight line, but a constellation of events

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@j_jones_ 2025-06-10

I think the main problem with Freud is that he was generalizing a pathology that belonged to a certain group of people. He mainly did psychoanalysis on his own tribe of people and theorized that everyone exhibited these subconscious behaviors and traumas

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@rollaselbak6335 2025-06-29

Professor Jiang is single-handedly making wisdom and knowledge so accessible, and most importantly making us ask questions and trying to seek truth about history so it can help us understand our current world and condition. Thank you truly, what a gift to us all 🙏🏽

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@bruno_faggion 2025-09-03

Bro made me speedrun theology through my left ear

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@mitchycool92 2025-06-04

If I had this guy as a teacher, he’d easily be my favorite.

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@nirosdavid-son4507 2025-07-16

Modernization is the process of Complicating simplicity...

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@wadeodonoghue1887 2025-06-07

Freud v Jung, feels like Old testament vs New testament

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@dariostabletopminatures 2025-06-04

You are Saving my LIFE times a MILLION with your CHANNEL! Thank you so much!

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@baller15g 2025-06-04

Freud was one of them. He pushed the decay.

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@joemo2782 2025-06-24

I think one thing you missed from this discussion is how Jung's ideas heavily rely on the subjective element which, while aligns more with spirituality, is counter to the materialist mindset of our time while Freud is a materialist.

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