What IS freedom?

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As Attack on Titan makes its way into the latter half of season 4, right now is the perfect time to revisit some fundamental ideas behind the series and how they’ve evolved over time. Freedom is too abstract a concept to denote an objective definition, but I believe Hajime Isayama, the author of Shingeki No Kyujin/ Attack on Titan, offers a fresh perspective on freedom and liberty. This video has NO manga spoilers and NO season 4 spoilers. This video has been in and out of production for over a year, and I’m so stoked to finally drop it. I’m hoping to shed light on some more of the “esoteric” themes Isayama planted throughout the series. Featuring the work of psychologist Carl Jung and his work with symbolism and archetypes, Paul Maclean and his investigations of the human brain, and Sigmund Freud and Erich Fromm on their studies into the nature of civilization. I discuss the hidden meaning of the flowers throughout the series, the metaphor of the titan and the reptile brain, and more.

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📖 CARL JUNG
“The Psychology of the Unconscious” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97804864...

📖 ERICH FROMM
“Escape From Freedom” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97808050...

📖 SIGMUND FREUD
“Civilization & Its Discontents” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97803933...

📖 ERNEST BECKER
“The Denial of Death” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97806848...

📖 STEVE HAGEN
“Buddhism Is Not What You Think” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97800607...

📖 LAO TZU
“Tao Te Ching” - https://bookshop.org/a/81951/97806797...

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This video features Vince Gilligan’s “Breaking Bad,” James Wan’s “Insidious,” Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead,” and most importantly, Frank Darabont’s “The Shawshank Redemption.” What does Shawshank Redemption’s Andy Dufresne and Attack on Titan’s Eren Yeager have in common? What does Attack on Titan have to do with the neurological studies of Paul Maclean? Let’s overanalyze.
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LINK TO HAJIME ISAYAMA INTERVIEW:
   • Attack on Titan: Final Manga Exhibiti...  

An ENORMOUS thank you to the extremely talented artists whose music was featured throughout the video. Send them some love. Without these fine folk, this video would’ve been pretty lame.

► Adrian Von Ziegler
♪ “Κάποτε” (   • Ancient Greek Music - Κάποτε  )
♪ “Honō no Megami (炎の女神)” (   • Japanese Fantasy Music - Honō no Mega...  )
♪ “Tokyo Rain” (   • Japanese Electronic Music - Tokyo Rain  )
♪ “Mourning” (   • Classical Gothic Music - Mourning  )
♪ “Moonsong” (   • Celtic Music - Moonsong  )
♪ “The Lonely Road” (   • Celtic Fantasy Music - The Lonely Road  )
♪ “Deirdre’s Dream” (   • Celtic Medieval Music - Deirdre's Dream  )
♪ “Dreamseer” (   • Fantasy Music - Dreamseer  )
♪ “Victorious” (   • Celtic Music - Victorious  )
♪ “White Specter” (   • Emotional Dark Music - White Specter  )

► Skilifay (   / @skilifay  )
♪ “The Rumbling (But it’s Lofi)” (   • The Rumbling (But it's Lofi) - Attack...  )

► kisa (   / @kisalofi  )
♪ “akuma no ko [Lofi Remix / Attack on Titan]” (   • Akuma no Ko but it's lofi (Attack on ...  )

► Lukrembo (   / @lukrembo  )
♪ “Biscuit” (   • (no copyright music) lofi type beat “...  )

► Ross Bugden
♪ "5:54AM (Dawn)” (   • ♩♫ Emotional and Ambient Electronic M...  )
♪ “Still” (   • Beautiful and Relaxing Piano Music - ...  )

► Whitesand
♪ “Beyond” (   • Beautiful Cinematic Music - Beyond (R...  )

Chadmin on top. Bow, r/titanfolk.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
1:08 First Glance
4:50 Freedom as Knowledge
14:34 Freedom as Selfishness
18:39 But wait?
25:26 True Freedom