Yesterday I watched the movie "Perfect Storm", one of the case studies in Human Resource Management. One very imporant part of this movie is, the captain of the ship, chose not to escape and capsize with the ship. Why did he choose to die when he had a chance to survive? (Even though at the end, all crews died including the one who escaped.)We are supposed to link his action to the Freud's Death Instinct.
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"DEATH DRIVE: The bodily instinct to return to the state of quiescence that preceded our birth. The death drive, according to Freud's later writings (Beyond the Pleasure Principle, "The Uncanny"), explains why humans are drawn to repeat painful or traumatic events. Through such a compulsion to repeat, the human subject attempts to "bind" the trauma, thus allowing the subject to return to a state of quiescence. In other words, whereas one part of the human psyche is seeking gratification, another part is geared to seek a return to the quiet of non-existence: the "death-instinct." This concept of the "death-instinct" or "death-drive" allowed Freud to make sense of the human tendency towards destruction, including sometimes self-destruction."
*So chim......I have read the theory for a few times, totally confused. We had a discussion session on last Friday and my peers were arguing whether he did that because of guilt or hopeless. If you were him, what would you do?
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More information on the movie can be found at: http://perfectstorm.warnerbros.com/
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