Civilization and Its Discontents →
1930 · Why does the civilization that protects us also make us unhappy?
Follow Freud’s argument about desire, cooperation, aggression, and the inner authority that can make restraint feel like guilt.
Sigmund Freud
1856–1939
The founder of psychoanalysis. This guided work examines his account of the conflict between individual wishes and communal life, with particular attention to aggression, guilt, and conscience.
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