STUDENTS' RESPONSES TO FREUD -- 1997
My gut interest is in how we take the same inhibitions of waking life into our dream-states, whereas generally we assume that all inhibitions and restrictions fall away. (Seth Warren)
Freud breaks the dream down into so many component parts, making it seem like a factory job--a kind of nocturnal assembly line of the brain, with parts contingent on other parts, selection processes, things "allowed" or "not allowed." What Wizard of what Oz is running this gear-shift show anyhow? It all taunts one to ask, "Who the hell said I was 'resting' at night?" (Seth Warren)
Freud's theories are somewhat like Marx's base-superstructure model: the manifest content of a dream (superstructure) arises out of a massive collective of latent dream thoughts (base). As in the base-superstructure model, all activity and thought must originate at the bottom and move upwards. Any activity taking place in the superstructure is determined by and originated at the base. (J.P. Mohan)
I liken the condensation process, in which dream-thoughts are compressed into dream-content, to a funnel: a seemingly infinite array of dream-thoughts are compressed into a brief and concise presentation of dream-content. (J. P. Mohan)
The most striking difference between Freud and Marx is that Freud concerns himself very little, if at all, with external or societal forces, concentrating instead on internal psychological processes. (J. P. Mohan)
What next?