we have organic disease versus the symptom complex of neurosis with no physical determinants, but rather we must look for
             the underlying conflicts ascertained by "talking through" psychotherapy. How do you apply this to a collectivity like a nation?
             Is there a national character in which invariably a nation follows a pre-selected pattern of inherited behavior? For instance, are
             the Germans warlike, the Russians passive, and the Americans beneficent?
             2. Or must we look to an interdisciplinary approach to assess group dynamics? Does Freud help? While there is a definition
             of normality for the individual, there is no such standard in judging nation-states or even various cultures. Ethnology is the study
             of different cultures and how their moralities develop.
             He talks about the structural foundation of the mind--theory of the id, ego, and superego. Then, too, there is the topography of
             the mind in the conscious, pre-conscious and perception, and the unconscious. Can we find its physical coordinates? No! We
             must infer its existence from uniformity of human behavior. If a symptom can be to cured" by "talking through," then its cause
             might be attributable to unacceptable thoughts--like killing the father by the son to win over his mother. The famous Oedipus
             complex. He claims it is a phylogenetic inheritance of the human race. It is the incest taboo. You simply do not sleep with
             blood relatives because in-breeding produces undesirable recessive traits and the lack of security. The actual crime produces
             remorse; the thought of it guilt and consequent anxiety.
             The book's major themes are the sense of guilt (an internalized conscience of the society and the family's taboos placed on
             erotic instincts) and the death instinct (aggression). Guilt arises from aggression and the shame of it. We feel a sense of guilt
             from forbidden deeds committed and also the intent to do these deeds. We internalize ...