SCTR 19 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Libido, Yetzer Hara
11 Oct 2017
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To map the understanding of human nature in the jci traditions. To determine what is at stake in our human condition. To use theories and methods from the study of religion to articulate notions of sin, fall, redemption and etc. Two conflicting inclinations: yetzer hatov: passive receptive impulse, yetzer hara: active or aggressive impulse. Adam s sin is not original sin but reveals what can happened as result of. All people are endowed with potential for evil or good. Must learn to channel aggressive force temptation (hotz, 76). Freud identifies two drives that both coincide and conflict within the individual and among individuals. Eros is the drive of life, love, creativity, and sexuality, self-satisfaction, and species preservation. Thanatos, from the greek word for death is the drive of aggression, sadism, destruction, violence, and death. The life instincts are those that deal with basic survival, pleasure, and reproduction.
