| Description |
203 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Broadview editions |
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Broadview editions.
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| Note |
Translation of: Das unbehagen in der kultur. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index. |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) -- Appendix A Other Works by Freud -- 1. From "`Civilized' Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Disease" (March 1908) -- 2. From "Thoughts for the Times on War and Death" (1915) -- 3. From Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) -- 4. From The Future of an Illusion (1927) -- 5. From Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, "Why War?" (1932) -- 6. From Moses and Monotheism (1939) -- Appendix B Contemporary Reviews -- 1. E.G. Catlin, "Freud No Freudian," Saturday Review (27 September 1930) -- 2. Joseph Jastrow, "Unhappiness Psycho-Analyzed," Saturday Review of Literature (6 December 1930) -- 3. Harold D. Lasswell, "Review: Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud," American Journal of Sociology (September 1931) -- Appendix C Scholarly Responses to Civilization and Its Discontents -- 1. Herbert Marcuse, "The Dialectic of Civilization" (1955) -- 2. From Philip Rieff, "Freud & the Value of Religion" (1959) -- 3. From Paul Ricoeur, "On Metaculture & `Death Against Death'" (1970). |
| Summary |
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.-- Provided by Publisher. |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis.
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Civilization.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Psychoanalysis. (OCoLC)fst01081235
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| Indexed Term |
(fast)Civilization |
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(fast)Psychoanalysis |
| Added Author |
Dufresne, Todd, 1966- editor.
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Richter, Gregory C, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781554811403 (paperback) |
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1554811406 (paperback) |
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