Eros and Thanatos – Desires and Fears
Marta Wiszniowska-Majchrzyk Abstract Love and death – these two opposite and seemingly separate poles are interwoven though unequally acknowledged in different societies – from predominance to expulsion and marginalization. The paper reviews their unequal roles in psychology, art, modern culture and consumer society, beginning with Epicurian philosophy, through Darwinian theory of evolution, Freudian drives and…