Behind the Mask
So, I’ve kind of put the different texts that we’ve been reading in Arts one into two different categories. The first group consists of works that I very much enjoy due to the fact that I typically find myself in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
identity crises
Hong Kong was a colony of Great Britain until July 1st, 1997, when it was handed back to China. My point? I’m 19 and have lived pretty much all my life in a post colonial country. Why is this post … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Pebbles in the River–Random Thoughts on Fanon and the Secret Agenda of ArtsOne
Fanon’s book White Masks, Black Skin speaks of how the Black Subject is forced, either wittingly or unwittingly by the colonizer, into an inferiority complex who will hence strive to imitate the culture of the colonizer. In the same way, the Black Subject’s culture and mores are like the black stones on the bottom of a white […] Continue reading →
Fanon: Interesting theories, potential over-simplifications?
While it is impossible to deny that Fanon brings up some compelling points about the impacts of cultural assimilation, I find myself inclined to disagree with some of his generalizing statements. Firstly, when Fanon states that, “a normal Negro child, having … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Freud: Science and Psychology
Last seminar, a heated discussion arose about the nature of psychology, and whether or not it is in fact a science. I called it a pseudo-science, much to the insult of several of my classmates. After many interesting discussions and … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Modern Day Freud Debunked
I was very pleased with this weeks reading assignment of Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, for besides my love of English, I adore Psychology. I have been learning Freud from a psychological perspective since some time in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
A Note on Freud
I think I’ll be mentioning this in seminar on Wednesday but I guess I’ll mention it right now here on my blog. In the beginning of Freud’s Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, I believe on page 9, I find it funny that Freud quotes Goethe’s Faust. Though we only read Marlowe’s story of Doctor […] Continue reading →
Fraud
Okay so part of me found this to be really interesting, especially with the various ideas like transference and displacement and all the other techniques your body uses to mask your trauma or protect you, but at the same time … Continue reading → Continue reading →
freud…
well um i have always been really interested in dream analysis, particularly because i tend to lucid dream really often. most of my dreams are really vivid and im able to control most of them to some extent! it goes … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Freud: A Victim of the Times
I find it really interesting to study Freud’s work because most of it was not only radical for his era, but it is also considered quite radical today. Many events or theories of the past are entities we have become desensitized to in today’s world, but I think Freud’s theories are just as controversial (or […] Continue reading →