Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, Leo Bersani

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, Leo Bersani with David McLintock (Translator)

103 pages first pub 1930 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In his final years, Freud devoted most of his energies to a series of highly ambitious works on the broadest issues of religion and society. Here, he argues that civilised values - and the impossible ideals of Christianity - inevitably distort our...

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