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Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, Peter Gay, James Strachey

lottie1803's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

2.75

theeternaldan's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.75

matissrv's review against another edition

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4.0

Iedeva labu pārskatu par dažām no būtiskākajām Freida idejām un to sasaisti ar cilvēku individuālo tiekšanos pēc laimes (un tās nesasniedzamību ilgtermiņā) un kultūras uzliktajām barjerām.

gijshuppertz's review against another edition

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3.0

While it is still highly influenced by his psychoanalytic thinking, Civilization and its Discontents is an interesting read if one can read through the psychoanalytic terms. It is one of my favorite books of his with one of his more interesting ideas. A full written review will follow but for now, here is the video:

https://youtu.be/u3oO_EF4tPo

candibunny's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

2.5

mid 

phlegmie's review against another edition

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5.0

So grateful that this was in the post-modern political thought reading list because I like Freud a lot. I added this to my "Favourites" shelf as well.

sseulb1's review against another edition

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informative

2.5

niallantony's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

4.5

mrbear's review against another edition

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3.0

I liked the beginning of this book, but when he got into a longwinded discussion of guilt at the end he lost both my interest and my support. He started making a lot more hypothetical assertions because he was discussing such an illogical/unstructured subject. Overall the book was interesting but confusing, and I'm not sure he really proved or showed much that I couldn't already infer from day to day life.

j3r3's review against another edition

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2.0

Some Interesting bits

I can see where the ideas come from as they appear to continue to be true today. This, i think disproves the theory in itself as promiscuity has greatly increased but the issues discussed still exist if not more so and are more prevalent in those who are more promiscuous.