"Love and Hate: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis- A Personal Perspective" is an article written by Michael R. Montgomery for the journal "Existential Analysis". Montgomery wrote the article in order to express some of his ideas and personal thoughts on the subjects of duality and psychoanalysis. Montgomery described a conference he attended; he was expecting more talk about psychoanalysis, but the speaker directed the audience with a talk about duality, specifically duality and what the idea had to do with the two. The speech by Professor Ernesto Spinelli evidently opened his mind to rethinking old ideas, such as chaos versus order. He also states that he found a way to combine the idea childhood trauma and looking at "the individual from a broader existential-phenomenological perspective "( Montgomery …show more content…
He was saying, in a general sense, that duality and the old style of psychoanalysis were still very relevant in today's society. After this, Montgomery went on to love and hate. He described his experience with armed conflict at a young age. The very personal experience made him wonder about love and hate. He mentioned that he " saw the impact of love and hate on a daily basis, mainly through the devastation caused by hate"( Montgomery 244). Montgomery tried to understand these concepts and his journey eventually turned him to religion. He studied Buddhism in his attempt to clarify the idea. He then looked for another explanation. He gave up a normal life all in an effort to understand dualism. After this trip, he eventually went back to studying psychiatric and psychotherapy (basically psychoanalysis). He traveled to parts of Malaysia to work as a volunteer to help the victims of natural disasters. During this work trip, he noticed that the "majority of the volunteers wanted certainty(form) as they faced the uncertainty(emptiness) of extreme conditions"(Montgomery
“Love and Other Catastrophes: A Mix Tape” is a work by Amanda Brown that makes everyone recall a relationship at one point in their lives. The music we listen to tells a lot about what we are going through, and in this story, the author is going through a breakup. Despite all of these songs on this list, there is a song that is not. “You Always Hurt the One You Love” is a song by the Mills Brothers that was released in 1957. Without a doubt, this song should been included in this work.
Love Stinks would be an appropriate magazine to publish After Love by Sara Teasdale because it is a poem about the feelings of someone during the aftermath of a breakup. “There is no magic any more, / We meet as other people do” gives a great example as to how people act after a breakup; how disheartening it can be to no longer experience a certain type of magic with someone and to have feelings lost or hurt (“After” 1-2). This would gain much empathy as most people reading a magazine discussing “those who have been “burned” by love” would be recently out of a relationship themselves and better able to really take the poet’s meaning to heart. This meaning is best explained through the lines “And from the tide has found surcease, / It grows
In the movie “Love, Etc…”, Chitra and Mahendra are both Indians and has been engaged for 2 years. Their wedding is planned to be on July 4. Chitra and Mahendra first met each other at his brothers’ wedding. They danced with each other all night and that’s how they started talking. They stay with each other in an apartment in Jamaica Hills. Chitra is 28 years of age and is a corporate paralegal. She started working straight out of college. She does not like to get yelled at or to even think she is not right. She is also very opinionated about everything. Chitra likes when things are done right then instead of when you want to do them. She is the only one working and paying the bills around the household. Mahendra is 29 years of age and currently has no job, but wants to be a law attorney. He is currently looking for a job. He is very opinionated about everything as well. Mahendra does not like to do things when people ask him to, he feels he should do them on his own or when he wants to. He does not like to clean up around the house or even wash dishes. Mahendra does not even do what his parents Daisy and Sonny. Chitra and Mahendra mothers are both nannies. Their moms have known each other for about 17 years. Chitra’s mother, Dolly are so much alike each other. Her father Vick even told Mahendra not to try to win an argument with women because you will not win. He even said that he just does what is told to him. This relationship between Chitra and Mahendra shows
Existentialism was in part a reaction to modernism, but its roots can be traced to ancient philosophical traditions ranging from Zoroastrianism and Judaism, Buddhism and Platonism (Flynn). The essence of existentialism is authenticity of experience, asking the philosopher to undergo deep introspection. However, existentialism is perhaps most famous for its probing questions about what Friedrich Nietzsche called the "tension of the soul," (2). Known colloquially as existential angst, the "tension of the soul," search for meaning and purpose in life has characterized personal and collective identity formation in the twentieth century. Books like Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning is quintessentially existential in its approach to the author's coming to terms with his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Existentialism made its mark on the social sciences, and especially psychology. When psychology emerged as a discipline, Sigmund Freud's theories had a clear existential basis due to his emphasis on the death wish and the deeper realms of human consciousness and its phenomenology. Therefore, existentialism has had a tremendous impact on the evolution of Western society in the twentieth century and well into the 21st as well.
“It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, hate ruled us we should have become extinct long ago. And yet the tragedy of it is that so-called civilized man and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence,”(Gandhi). In this quote Gandhi says the main reasons of love and hate are mankind. As well that both control and destroy a human. However, in the end the human chooses the one they will follow. In the outstanding novel Kindred by Octavia Butler. The protagonist, Dana, faces many love and hate situations as she travels back and forth in time. Accordingly, she begins to question whom is to blame for the love and hate crimes. Love and hate are influenced by mankind, both can be controlled and the pair are conscious decisions.
love doesn’t exist. This quote also helps to show how the speaker’s grief over his beloved’s
In the books we read this year hatred was a big topic in those stories. It defines who people are as characters and brings out their personalities. In the stories we read; True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, Holocaust Unit and Merchant of Venice I had a hate or disliking to almost one character in each book. In the Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian there were a few different examples of hate.
Raymond Carver wrote "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" in 1981, by doing this Carver also created the character Mel. This short story is written in first person narration from Nick, one of Mel's friends. Both of their wives, Terri (Mel) and Laura (Nick) are also in the kitchen having the love conversation with Mel and Nick. Mel is a forty five year old, tall, curly headed cardiologist. Mel also has an ex-wife with whom he had children with. Mel is related to the theme of Love being undefinable by bringing up the conversation of love, talking about several examples of what love is or is not, trying to prove his point even though he does not completely understand what love is, and being an example of undefinable love himself.
Everyone has felt hate sometime in their lives varying in severity, from a mild dislike to the intense and deep hatred we see in Romeo and Juliet. In this play, we see two lovers from opposing families fall madly in love. Consequently, this relationship causes the families to commit insane acts in the blind rage of anger. By using the fierce family feud between the Capulets and Montagues, William Shakespeare makes the controversial point that anger is blinding and causes people to act out of character, departing from the traditional idea that anger is just an emotion.
My name Is Daniel Ruiz and I think a lot. People often judge me because of my tattoos and my appearance. I’ve had a lot of questions circling my brain as of late. Who am I? Who will my daughter become? Does everything happen for a reason? Yet here I am standing in front of you, sharing my life’s story. I’ve had an amazing run and I really hope it can inspire you to help make a change.
Love is a powerful emotion that everyone wants. The fact is that love will overcome anything as long as you have the right motives. Whereas, the word hate has a very deep and harsh meaning, it means to have an intense or passionate dislike towards someone or something. George Orwell’s book, 1984, shows us a prime example of a society based on hate. Moreover, a society based on hate will not survive, the government will manipulate the people to destroy themselves.
The film Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary by Michael Moore which outlines the negative effects capitalism has on modern society. Moore points out that capitalism gives people the opportunity to make a lot of money and to have a high standard of living. However, for many workers, making an income to support a family can be quite impossible. At one time, you could find a secure job and live a good life, but capitalism has evolved into a system of greed where only the rich get richer, and the middle class get poorer with no chance to better themselves. This review will analyze the positive and negative impacts of capitalism shown in the
The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"You never really understand the person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" (38). People are often judge for bias and I just reasons. As a result of judgments, people can be made to feel like outcast. People fear change, individuals, and circumstances they don't understand. Instead of trying to understand differences they leave them out. In Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird, the people of Maycomb ostracize good people. Prejudice affects boo, Mrs. Dubose, and Miss Caroline because nobody considered their outlook from their point of view.
Throughout my reading of Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving, I experienced moments of agreement and disagreement with multiple different ideas presented within the text. The