Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture - Exploded Manuscript

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REPRESSION

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The essence of repression lies simply in turning something away, and keeping it at a distance, from the conscious.
Sigmund Freud, 1915

Curator's Comments
Repression pushes thoughts and feelings outside of our awareness, and it strives to minimize psychological conflict by making the unacceptable inaccessible.

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( January 9, 2002 )