This document contains instructions for a 2 page essay assignment analyzing Sigmund Freud's work "Civilization and Its Discontent". The essay asks students to compare Freud's views on how technological advances impact happiness to views expressed by Bishop in another work. Students are also asked to consider how Freud may have critiqued Bishop's arguments and vice versa.

1. 2 Pages essay (double space)
In paragraph 4 of Chapter III of
Civilization and Its Discontent
s
, Freud discusses the proposition that the technological
advances of civilization have made people happier.
He then gives what he calls the "pessimistic criticism" of this
proposition.
1) Compare what Freud says about science and technology to
what Bishop says in "Enemies of Promise."
2) How might Freud criticize Bishop's argument?
How might Bishop criticize Freud's argument?