Description
| Product ID: | 9781554811403 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Title: | Civilization and Its Discontents |
| Authors: | Author: Sigmund Freud, Todd Dufresne |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Social and political philosophy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Social & political philosophy, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In Civilization and Its Discontents Freud extends and clarifies his analysis of religion; analyzes human unhappiness in contemporary civilization; ratifies the critical importance of the death drive theory; and contemplates the significance of guilt and conscience in everyday life. The result is Freud’s most expansive work, one wherein he discusses mysticism, love, interpretation, narcissism, religion, happiness, technology, beauty, justice, work, the origin of civilization, phylogenetic development, Christianity, the Devil, communism, the sense of guilt, remorse, and ethics. A classic, important, accessible work, Freud reminds us again why we still read and debate his ideas today. Todd Dufresne’s introduction expands on why, according to the late Freud, psychoanalysis is the key to understanding individual and collective realities or, better yet, collective truths. The Appendices include related writings by Freud, contemporary reviews, and scholarly responses from Marcuse, Rieff, and Ricoeur. |
| Imprint Name: | Broadview Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Broadview Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-12-30 |
