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Thebes and its Discontents: Psychology and Politics in Sophocles and Freud
A civil war ends when an authoritarian leader takes over the city. A woman tries to bury the body of her brother, but is forbidden by the leader. She speaks out against him, and becomes a rebel against the regime in the process.
So, What Now? Understanding Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality. (And Stay Tuned for the Deepest Secrets of Life.)
It was in the late 19th century that Friedrich Nietzsche launched his famous attack against religion and its moral precepts. Since the time of Nietzsche’s writing, Western society has only become more secular.
Rousseau, Reason, and the Films of Human Shame
To Jean-Jacques Rousseau, reason is a burden. To him, it planted in humanity a coven of abstract fears and vices and was responsible for leading humankind to “purchase imaginary repose at the price of real happiness.”