PSYO 3280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Pedophilia, Fellatio, Henri Tajfel
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Premodern: person defined by social context, roles (religious community, spouses, soldiers, etc. ) Instead of talking about a person by name, we would talk about them by their role and position in society and that would define who they are. Identity separate from and prior to membership in social group. Allowed people to break out of the role defining sense of self. Free to define yourself in ways that you thought belonged to you and could assign yourself to certain groups. This idea of self is not correct. We need to modify our sense of self and who we think we are, and according to sampson, psychology needs to modify itself as well. Leonardo da vinci and a memory of his childhood, freud. Other paintings of his also have the same smile. Both women represent motherhood and resemble leonardos mother and step-mother and are the same person with two different heads (that vary in age).