Civilization and Its Discontents (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

by Sigmund Freud, Ulrich Baer (Translator)

Overview

Civilization and Its Discontents is widely considered Freud's most important and most brilliant work. In it Freud examines why today's society causes suffering on such a vast scale and whether the human drives for pleasure and aggression can ever be reconciled. This lively new translation with helpful explanatory notes captures Freud's engaging tone for a twenty-first-century audience and includes essays by two of Freud's most insightful and renowned interpreters, historian Carl E. Schorske and philosopher Richard Rorty. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781957240596
Publisher:	Warbler Press
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	975,163
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was the Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, a method for psychological therapy and a theory of human nature. His conception of the unconscious, of the relevance of dreams, and of the role played by our drives for pleasure and aggression as well as his trenchant critique of culture shape our self-understanding to this day.
Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University and has translated works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, and other authors.

Table of Contents

Contents

I 1

II9

III20

IV31

V38

VI46

VII 51

VIII61

Freud: The Psycho-archeology of Civilizations by Carl E. Schorske72

Freud and Moral Reflection by Richard Rorty88