There’s an academic exercise in psychology classes that asks students to take Sigmund Freud’s concept of the id, ego, and superego and apply it to characters from The Simpsons. Homer’s impulsiveness ...

The superego seems to become most potent when the demands of civilization are high. The over-I, which is actually the best translation of Freud’s German term Über-Ich, thrives and expands when social ...

In this world in search of a new order, President Trump is America’s current id and, for many on the MAGA right, Elon Musk is their superego. Freud tells us that the id acts on impulse, while ...

Freud postulated that the id, ego, and superego are the three major components of personality. Understanding Freud's psychodynamic perspective is important in learning about the history of psychology.

The superego is the woke part of the psyche. It’s moralistic, but it isn’t necessarily moral. ... Freud Explains Cancel Culture. The superego is the woke part of the psyche.

Freudian psychology is based on the work of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). He is considered the father of psychoanalysis and is largely credited with establishing the field of ...

Andrew Hartz worries we have entered a phase of “hypermorality” in which the Freudian superego scolds us for most everything we do (“Freud Explains Cancel Culture,” op-ed, Aug. 8).

In other words, Edmundson has a super superego to offer us. As Freud cautioned, however, “man’s judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness — that, accordingly, they are an ...

In a culture such as ours, Edmundson concludes, the internet has become our collective superego. We then end up with hate—either of the “hot” kind or the “cold” kind.