The terms “id,” “ego,” and “superego” were invented by Sigmund Freud to describe what he understood to be the structure of the psyche. The “id” refers to a person’s primal impulses and instincts, the “superego” is the critical, ethical part of the mind, and the ego is the part in the middle that manages the competing aims of the id and the superego.
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Id, Ego, Superego Term Timeline in Black Skin, White Masks
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Chapter 2: The Woman of Color and the White Man
...white herself. However, she is not accepted by white society because of her race. Fanon considers ideas that associate whiteness with virtue and beauty, and blackness with the earth, the cosmos,...
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