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![]() ![]() ![]() Eugene: Cascade Books.Ĭapps, D., & Carlin, N. Living in limbo: Life in the midst of uncertainty. ![]() Journal of Religion and Health, 47, 415–432.Ĭapps, D., & Carlin, N. Mother, melancholia, and humor in Erik H. Journal of Religion and Health, 47, 103–117.Ĭapps, D. Mother, melancholia, and dreams in Erik H. New Haven: Yale University Press.Ĭapps, D. Exploring happiness: From Aristotle to brain science. We conclude by offering seven comments on Freud’s views on the chance for human happiness.Īgnes, M. We focus on the reasons he gives for why lasting happiness is impossible to realize his view that human beings tend to give precedence to the reduction of suffering over the desire for happiness his suggestion that the best path to follow for what degrees of happiness are realizable depends on the individual his view that pleasurable experiences are the basis for happiness and that no pleasures are comparable to that which occurs when one’s love is reciprocated by the other the importance he places on the conflict between genital love and aim-inhibited forms of libidinal connection his view that civilization plays a doubtful role as far as the realization of personal happiness is concerned and his view of the role that human aggression and the sense of guilt play in promoting the unhappiness of civilized people. Sigmund Freud referred to his Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud 1930/1961) as an “inquiry concerning happiness.” In this article we discuss what he has to say about happiness. ![]()
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