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Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents
1930s title page German edition
AuthorSigmund Freud
Original titleDas Unbehagen in der Kultur
TranslatorJoan Riviere
James Strachey
LanguageGerman
SubjectPhilosophy of culture, social psychology, political philosophy
PublisherInternationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien
Publication date
1930
Publication placeAustria
Media typePrint
Pages127
ISBN978-0-393-30158-8
Preceded byThe Future of an Illusion 
Followed byMoses and Monotheism 

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. It was written in 1929 and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur ("The Uneasiness in Civilization").[1] [2]

Exploring what Freud saw as a clash between the desire for individuality and the expectations of society, the book is considered one of Freud's most important and widely read works, and was described in 1989 by historian Peter Gay as one of the most influential and studied books in the field of modern psychology.[3]

  1. ^ Freud, Sigmund (1930). Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Freud, Sigmund (1930). Civilization and Its Discontents. Translated by Riviere, Joan. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press and the Institute for Psycho-analysis – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ (Gay 1989, p. 722)

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