Literary notes about Prohibition (AI summary)
The term “prohibition” in literature is utilized in a remarkably diverse range of contexts—from legal restrictions and state policies to cultural taboos and psychological constraints. In sociological and historical texts, for instance, authors discuss prohibition as a legal or societal measure enacted to control behavior, as seen in works examining societal reforms and temperance movements ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, prohibition is rendered as a cultural or religious injunction—one that colors interpersonal relationships and ritual conduct—as explored by Durkheim and Freud, who examine prohibitions ranging from incest taboos to the restrictions on contact with totems ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, in novels and narratives, prohibition often emerges as an obstacle or a character’s counterpoint to authority, whether through overt bans or more subtly imposed limits on behavior and desire ([7], [8], [9]). Thus, across genres and disciplines, “prohibition” functions as a symbol of both societal control and the inherent tension between individual impulses and collective norms.
- (24) Cherrington, Ernest H. The Evolution of Prohibition in the United States of America.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Is the national prohibition of the liquor traffic an economic necessity?
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - All these phenomena may be observed, for example, in the Prohibition Movement.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - However, it is probable that the prohibition of marriage between members of a single totem is international.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - [Pg 132] To this prohibition of eating is frequently added that of killing the totem, or picking it, when it is a plant.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - Taboo is a very primitive prohibition imposed from without (by an authority) and directed against the strongest desires of man.
— from Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud - “Of course it would be a great relief to me to ask you several questions, sir; but I remember your prohibition.”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Nor had he, since prohibition, known any one to be casual about drinking.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis - Twice he caught the reek of prohibition-time whisky, but then, it was only twice— Dr. Howard Littlefield lumbered in.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis