Civilization and its Discontents Penguin Pocket Hardbacks — Sigmund Freud

Freud s epoch making insights revolutionized our perception of who we are forming the foundation for psychoanalysis In Civilization and its Discontents he considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness Focusing on what he perceives to be one of society s greatest dangers civilized sexual morality he asks does repression compromise our chances of happiness Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 and died in exile in London in 1939 As a writer and doctor he remains one of the informing voices of the twentieth century