Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud by Herbert Marcuse

Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud

Herbert Marcuse

312 pages first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic...

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