This new edition includes both an introduction by the renowned cultural critic and writer Christopher Hitchens as well as Peter Gay's classic biographical note on Freud. Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only Norton's Standard Edition, under the general editorship of James Strachey, was authorized by Freud himself. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines civilization's trajectory? Freud's theories on the effect of the knowledge of death on human existence and the birth of art are central to his work. Exploring what Freud sees as the important clash between the desire for individuality and the expectations of society, the. It was written in 1929 and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur ('The Uneasiness in Civilization'). It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Civilization And Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud Publication date 1930 Topics Salar Collection digitallibraryindia JaiGyan Language English Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.221667 dc. Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. About the Book Freud's seminal volume of 20th-century cultural thought grounded in psychoanalytic theory, now with a new Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.īook Synopsis Written in the decade before Freud's death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work.
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