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Civilization and its discontents

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Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of the self, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis; here he presents his theory of an innate 'death drive' - arguing that civilisation distorts natural aggression to impose a terrible burden of guilt upon us.

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Civilization and its discontents, David McLintock, Sigmund Freud

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2004
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English
Publisher
Penguin
Released
2004
Format
Paperback
Pages
112
ISBN10
0141018992
ISBN13
9780141018997
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First published
1930
Original title
Das Unbehagen in der Kultur
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Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of the self, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis; here he presents his theory of an innate 'death drive' - arguing that civilisation distorts natural aggression to impose a terrible burden of guilt upon us.