The pleasure principle’s triumph over civilization is never complete or secure.

Evidence

The fact that the reality principle has to be re-established continually in the development of man indicates that its triumph over the pleasure principle is never complete and never secure … What civilization masters and repressesthe claim of the pleasure principlecontinues to exist in civilization itself. The unconscious retains the objectives of the defeated pleasure principle … The return of the repressed makes up the tabooed and subterranean history of civilization … And the past continues to claim the future: it generates the wish that the paradise be re-created on the basis of the achievements of civilization. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2142 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The pleasure principle’s untriumph makes the return of the repressed civilization’s hidden history — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2142

Related

• The pleasure principle’s untriumph makes the return of the repressed civilization’s hidden history (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• The pleasure principle’s untriumph makes the return of the repressed civilization’s hidden history #expands (0.92) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2142