Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud\'s best-known work.
He speaks to issues of human creativity and fulfillment, the place of beauty in culture, and.
Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How did it come to be? What determines its course? In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought, Freud elucidates the contest between aggression, indeed the death drive, and its adversary eros.
Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud\'s best-known work