false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255612775m/357636.jpg 357636 27 <B>For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of the seminal work with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Menand.</B> <P><I>Civilization and Its Discontents</I> may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How did it come to be? What determines its course? In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought, Freud elucidates the contest between aggression, indeed the death drive, and its adversary eros. He speaks to issues of human creativity and fulfillment, the place of beauty in culture, and the effects of repression. <P>Louis Menand, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning <I>The Metaphysical Club</I>, contributor to The New Yorker, and professor of English at Harvard University, reflects on the importance of this work in intellectual thought and why it has become such a landmark book for the history of ideas. <P>Not available in hardcover for decades, this beautifully rendered anniversary edition will be a welcome addition to readers' shelves. 848942 1930 Civilization and Its Discontents total:1913|5:390|4:679|3:591|2:197|1:56| 1913 6889 2661 140 5 4 false false Sun Jul 08 05:08:23 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 05:26:20 -0700 2007
In Civilization and its Discontents, Freud explicates the tensions and mechanisms of living in social ...more...]]> 4 2 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 11 18:40:31 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 19:01:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 07 19:42:30 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 19:42:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 02:56:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 03:15:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 12:18:51 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:19:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 19:15:53 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 21:51:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:41:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:20:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 16 22:41:43 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:34:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 22:41:43 -0700 2008
A great read when you get to take breaks watching people on long Chicago bus rides home fro...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 05:59:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 06:17:07 -0700 2009
Freud's masterpiece on human society: What we have given up and what we gain by living in civilization. This piece proves, even to Freud critics, just how relevant Freud is to contemporary Western philosophy.

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Outside of a classroom setting, I'm not sure how much one could expect to get out of this book, particularly without any background in psychology (as was the case with me). It is very short, and therefore easily...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Dec 01 11:29:58 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 11:55:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:40:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:49:59 -0700 2009
happiness, two kinds (neg/pos) pleasure seeking, pain avoiding.
societies/people are unhappy b/c of guilt. religion plays a part, is an illusion
ego feels guilt b/c of superego (conscience) or authority outside self (when gets caught being "bad"...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=357636