Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)
Sigmund Freud; James Strachey [Translator]; Peter Gay [Introduction];
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1989
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- Title
- Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard Edition) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)
- Author
- Sigmund Freud; James Strachey [Translator]; Peter Gay [Introduction];
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393301583
- ISBN 13
- 9780393301588
- Item weight
- 6 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5x0x7
Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. In it he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world, a place Freud defines in terms of ceaseless conflict between the individual's quest for freedom and society's demand for conformity.
Freud's theme is that what works for civilization doesn't necessarily work for man. Man, by nature aggressive and egotistical, seeks self-satisfaction. But culture inhibits his instinctual drives. The result is a pervasive and familiar guilt.
Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey.
Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions.
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