Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Art, Libido, Eros

Freud conceives Art to be the product of the sublimation of repressed sexual desire.  Now, the case of a prodigy like Mozart does not easily exemplify such a complicated process.  The more general problem with the formulation is that while it likely applies to Libido, it might not apply to Eros.  For, while both are interpretations of sexual desire, he does occasionally characterize the latter as a creative drive, which suggests a contrast between ejaculation and impregnation.  But, propagation is merely a special case of Creativity, from which other varieties are independent.  Thus, the production of Art can be a direct expression of Eros, not a sublimation of Libido, with the former the more plausible analysis of an otherwise underdeveloped child prodigy.

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