Description
| Product ID: | 9780141395890 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Pocket Hardbacks |
| Title: | Civilization and Its Discontents |
| Authors: | Author: Sigmund Freud |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Considering the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness, the author focuses on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers; 'civilized' sexual morality, he asks, does repression compromise our chances of happiness? Freud''s epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of who we are, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis. In Civilization and its Discontents he considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness. Focusing on what he perceives to be one of society''s greatest dangers; ''civilized'' sexual morality, he asks, does repression compromise our chances of happiness? |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-11-06 |
