Civilization and Its Discontents
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- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2002
Summary
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all know that living in civilised groups means sacrificing a degree of personal interest, but couldn’t you argue that it in fact creates the conditions for our happiness? Freud explores the arguments and counter-arguments surrounding this proposition, focusing on what he perceives to be one of societ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182360 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141182369 |
| Author: | Sigmund Freud, David McLintock |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 96g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 129mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 and died in exile in London in 1939. As a writer and doctor he remains one of the informing voices of the twentieth century.
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