Civilization and Its Discontents (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Sigmund Freud
- First Published: 1930
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology
- Subjects: Culture, Psychology or psychologists, Europe or Europeans, 1930’s, Mental illness, Human behavior, Germany or German people, Psychotherapy or psychotherapists, Mind and body
Context
Civilization and Its Discontents is a work of social commentary by the physician-psychotherapist who founded psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The early twentieth century when Freud first introduced psychoanalysis was a time of profound optimism. Thought was influenced by several strands of philosophy that assumed progress. Still popular nineteenth century utilitarian philosophers believed that individuals could rationally seek pleasure and avoid pain, and influential social critics such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx viewed humans as corrupted by evil...
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