Civilization and its discontents (warbler classics annotated edition) - sigmund freud

Civilization and Its Discontents is widely considered Freuds most important and most brilliant work.

In it Freud examines why todays 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 Freuds engaging tone for a twenty-first-century audience and includes essays by two of Freuds most insightful and renowned interpreters, historian Carl E.

Schorske and philosopher Richard Rorty.