Freud figureds the psyche as a conquered city, a political image, not animal subjects.

Evidence

Freud’s most sustained and chilling figure for humans in civilization is not bridled animals, but “conquered cities.” The superego, he says in Civilization and Its Discontents, obtains mastery of our dangerous desires by weakening, disarming, and watching over them “like a garrison in a conquered city.” The homology is the classic one between soul and city; the figure of man and his psyche is relentlessly political. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 193

Categorization

• XREF: The soul-city homology connects to classical political theory and also to the reader’s interest in sacrifice — the garrison metaphor implies subjugation of internal desires. — connects to: The Freudian unconscious is a historical product of disciplinary society, not a timeless formation. — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, 91; The Freudian unconscious may be a historically contingent artifact, not a timeless structure — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 406

Broader Connections

• The Freudian unconscious is a historical product of disciplinary society, not a timeless formation. #complicates (0.75) — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, 91
• The Freudian unconscious may be a historically contingent artifact, not a timeless structure #complicates (0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 406