Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud with James Strachey (Translator)

186 pages first pub 1930 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Written in the decade before Freud s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answe...

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informative 82%
reflective 77%
challenging 62%
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