Product Details
ISBN: 9780141182360
Category: Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytical Theory
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2002-07-04
Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 144
Pagination: 144 pages
Dimensions (mm): 198x129x8mm
Weight: 114g
Civilization And Its Discontents
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all know that living in civilised groups means sacrificing a degree of personal interest, but couldn't you argue that it in fact creates the conditions for our happiness? Freud explores the arguments and counter-arguments surrounding this proposition, focusing on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers; 'civilised' sexual morality. After all, doesn't repression of sexuality deeply affect people and compromise their chances of happiness?