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The paradox of self-realization versus social-definition is set forth as an important approach in the construction of theories of human identity. The work of three psycho-analysts whose writings contain significant implications regarding this paradox are examined.
Freud's structural theory of the human mind contained the implication that self-realization was linked to the drive of instincts to find satisfaction and was opposed by social and environmental forces which exerted further pressure through the ego and superego.