Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud

146 pages first pub 1930 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Reprint of the 1930 American edition. In this seminal book, Sigmund Freud enumerates the fundamental tensions between civilization and the individual. The primary friction stems from the individual's quest for instinctual freedom and civilization'...

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