Love and aggression

Overview of the book Everyone knows that aggression is a instinct in animals and humans, for the purpose of self-defense, at least. Human psychology says that aggressive instincts form an element primitive and fundamental, and it is enough to look around us to see feelings of selfishness, bad moods, stinginess, envy, jealousy... etc. Psychologists see that the instinct of survival and the instinct of "love" need a dose of aggression. In other words, the aggressive element is an essential part of these two instincts when they exist in reality. But we, unfortunately, do not want to admit the existence of these aggressive feelings in us and others, so we somehow work to diminish their importance, even deny them. However, it must be noted that feelings of fear, love, hatred, and aggression remain trapped in the subconscious throughout our lives, and our consciousness recognizes only a small part of them. Therefore, psychoanalysis has come to study the motives of human behavior, which until now have remained resistant to explanation because they were unconscious, meaning we do not know they exist within us. Publisher: Ninawa Author: Pierre Bernier Translator: Dr. Qasem Al-Miqdad Year of publication: 2022 Number of pages: 264