Sigmund Freud Civilization and Its Discontents (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)All Tariffs and Duties included - no additional charges
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Sigmund Freud Civilization and Its Discontents (Paperback) (UK IMPORT). It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Freud’s theories on the effect of the knowledge of death on human existence and the birth of art are central to his work. This new edition includes both an introduction by the renowned cultural critic and writer Christopher Hitchens as well as Peter Gay’s classic biographical note on Freud. Further DetailsTitle: Civilization and Its Discontents Condition: New Description: Written in the decade before Freud’s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines civilization’s trajectory? Freud’s theories on the effect of the knowledge of death on human existence and the birth of art are central to his work. Of the various English translations of Freud’s major works to appear in his lifetime, only Norton’s Standard Edition, under the general editorship of James Strachey, was authorized by Freud himself. This new edition includes both an introduction by the renowned cultural critic and writer Christopher Hitchens as well as Peter Gay’s classic biographical note on Freud. Author: Sigmund Freud Contributor: Christopher Hitchens (Introduction by), Peter Gay (Afterword by), James Strachey (Translated by), James Strachey (Edited by) ISBN-10: 0393304515 EAN: 9780393304510 ISBN: 9780393304510 Format: Paperback Item Height: 211mm Genre: Society & Culture Publisher: WW Norton & Co Release Date: 08/09/2010 Language: English Item Length: 140mm Item Width: 13mm Item Weight: 155g Translator: James Strachey Release Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
