Civilization and Its Discontents
Ranked #2 in Psychoanalysis, Ranked #45 in Analysis — see more rankings.
It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he had been developing since the turn of the century. It is both witness and tribute to the late theory of mind—the so-called structural theory, with its stress on aggression, indeed the death drive, as the pitiless adversary of eros.
Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. In it he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world, a place Freud defines... more
Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. In it he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world, a place Freud defines... more
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Sam Freedman A rough synopsis of the book is that love is a social construct designed to prevent us from murdering each other, at the expense of creating profound neurosis, so definitely a bold choice for a second date. https://t.co/pEnlgR6aiL (Source)
David Bell A dispassionate view of the cost of civilisation to the individual. (Source)
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Civilization and Its Discontents is ranked in the following categories:
- #69 in Life Sciences
- #76 in Modernist
- #67 in Philosophy History
- #59 in Physiology
- #72 in Political Theory
- #54 in Psycho
- #51 in Psychology
- #83 in Social Sciences
- #98 in Sociology
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