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Freud on Super-heroes...

Posted July 9, 2003 9:12 PM.

Freud on super-heroes and super-villains?

The man who, in consequence of his unyielding constitution, cannot fall in with this suppression of instinct, becomes a 'criminal', an 'outlaw', in the face of society - unless his social position or his exceptional capacities enable him to impose himself upon it as a great man, a 'hero'.

'Civilised' Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness (1908)

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Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.

But he has nothing to say about why they wear their underpants over their trousers?

→ Posted by: Tim Hall at July 9, 2003 10:43 PM

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