Civilization and Its Discontents is widely considered Freud’s most important and most brilliant work. In it Freud examines why today’s 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 Freud’s engaging tone for a twenty-first-century audience and includes essays by two of Freud’s most insightful and renowned interpreters, historian Carl E. Schorske and philosopher Richard Rorty.
Spis treści
Contents
I 1
II9
III20
IV31
V38
VI46
VII 51
VIII61
Freud: The Psycho-archeology of Civilizations by Carl E. Schorske72
Freud and Moral Reflection by Richard Rorty88
O autorze
Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University and has translated works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, and other authors.