Abstract:This article exposes Sigmund Freud's ideas about themes which are fundamental to the comprehension of the contemporary man: the psychic constitution; the formation and resolution of mental pathologies; the broad meaning of culture and the education as a mediating element between individual and society. This paper aims to present and compare the analysis made by John Dewey regarding these same themes based on the book Human nature and conduct. The comparisons between Freudian and Deweyan discourses are made thr… Show more
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