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Civilization and Its Discontents (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)

Posted By: Balisik
Civilization and Its Discontents (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Gay "Civilization and Its Discontents (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)"
W. W. Norton & Company | English | August 9, 2010 | ISBN: 0393304515 | 186 pages | azw, epub, lrf, mobi | 3,5 mb

Whether you agree with Freud's psychoanalytical theories or not, there is no dispute over his intelligence, insight, and his eloquence. In this short book, he explains the conflicts civilization process created in individual psyche. Basically, he argues that the civilization's aim in uniting community in order to avoid sources of suffering imposes restrictions on individual liberty (of origin is libido pleasure principle) which becomes the main source of discontents. He also warns about the danger of a powerful group with control over the force of nature which can potentially eliminate some human beings, which is rather prophetic considering the Nazi's present in Europe shortly after publication of this book. His logic is very tight according his main theories (structural theory, mainly), and writing is precise and eloquent. Just Brilliant.



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