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Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud; authorized translation by Jean Riviere is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

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144 pages ; 23 cm In this seminal book, Sigmund Freud enumerates the fundamental tensions between civilization and the individual. The primary friction stems from the individual's quest for instinctual freedom and civilization's contrary demand for conformity and instinctual repression. Many of humankind's primitive instincts (for example, the desire to kill and the insatiable craving for sexual gratification) are clearly harmful to the well-being of a human community. As a result, civilization creates laws that prohibit killing, rape, and adultery, and it implements severe punishments if such commandments are broken. This process, argues Freud, is an inherent quality of civilization that instills perpetual feelings of discontent in its citizens Reprint. Originally published: New York : J. Cape and H. Smith, 1930 Includes bibliographical references

Who reads Civilization and Its Discontents?

Author

Sigmund Freud; authorized translation by Jean Riviere

Publisher

Martino Publishing

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781453833896

Category

health

Subjects

Psychology, Social_sciences

Rating

3.76 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14