Skip to content

Sigmund Freud – Civilization and its Discontents

Civilization and Discontents is considered one of Freud’s most important and widely read works (Gay, 1989). While it can be seen as political philosophy or anthropology, it is also a psychoanalytic explanation of religion. The main theme of the work is “the irremediable antagonism between the demands of instinct and the restrictions of civilization” (Strachey,Continue reading “Sigmund Freud – Civilization and its Discontents”