Self, Society, and Repression in Babel: A psychoanalytic perspective

Iqbal, Asep Muhamad (2019) Self, Society, and Repression in Babel: A psychoanalytic perspective. Journal of Asian Social Science Research, 1 (1). pp. 15-25. ISSN 2721-9399/2721-9593

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Abstract

As the prevailing studies tend to neglect how media depict the sociological question about the relationship between self and society and the dualism between pleasure and reality in modern society, this article examines this important issue by analyzing the award-winning film Babel by using a psychoanalytic perspective. Based on textual analysis of the film’s storylines, this article argues that Babel not only substantially represents the relationship between self and society, but also depicts the continuing tension and dualism between them. This is seen in the storylines of its characters that illustrate the relationship between sexual drives and social regulations. For the sake of social interests and cultural production, pleasure is repressed by external reality and sexuality is repressed through socially sanctioned sexual regulations. The self must attempt to balance between libidinal desire and social control to enter the normality of the social world.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Self; Society; Pleasure; Reality; Repression; Film Babel
Subjects: Psychology > Psychoanalysis
Social Interaction, Interpersonal Relations > Social Psychoanalysis
Social Process > Social Control
Social Process > Social Norms
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik > Program Studi Sosiologi
Depositing User: Dr. Phil. Asep Muhamad Iqbal
Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2023 04:28
Last Modified: 06 Apr 2023 04:28
URI: https://digilib.uinsgd.ac.id/id/eprint/66641

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