Civilization and Its Discontents

Out of 100 or so books I've read so far, this one does not compare. Brings you through reality like a ride you cannot but accept it has passed, a view you cannot but crave to re-feel, a high you cannot but wish it were your first time again. Not the easiest digestion but undoubtedly the most satiating; most rewarding; most enlightening; most freeing. I promise! Activity 十 Create Facebook

Classic work: good to find it still available on Amazon.

This is an interesting read, presented in a lovely clothbound design thats small enough to fit in a large coat pocket. The positives are that if you are new Freud as I was, it easily eases you into his world and how he sees issues. There are some areas that do leave you with both outward and self reflection, especially in the way Freud describes the way Humans deal with guilt. But for it's enlightened writing, at first it's hard to read. The first half of the book seems like Freud jumping between issues and his first chapter randomly throws points about erotic thoughts at you. After a while, it gets easier to read, first as you get to know Freud's style but the writing becomes clearer, a point that Freud makes to the reader as well. Overall, I would recommend this book.

Superb analysis of mankind's ills that ring so true today. Freud was a genius.

Pseudoscience it is, and thereby most definitely founded on fraud, but an important contribution to the debate about our nature and the role of civilisation.

The work is engaging and a good introduction to a lot of Freud’s ideas. However, the formatting on the Kindle is awful, with pages repeated and line spacing a complete mess, often breaking in the middle of sentences. Capital letters all over the place and just really obvious spelling mistakes. Get what you pay for I guess.

I couldn't recommend this book more, really an amazing experience.

Although I'm not sure how many, of the many ideas Freud discusses in this essay have been empirically verified, I found the text to be packed with interesting ideas and perspectives that are certainly worth thinking about. I especially enjoyed Freud's take on the origin of human conscience and the idea that not only individuals but whole societies may be subject to a superego which directs their actions. My final verdict is that although the scientific character of the ideas is often suspect, the ideas themselves are never boring and their exposition is very cogent.

Great Knowledge to apply... on how to improve your biology.

アメリカでは大学の教養課程にて使用されるほどのテキストにも関わらず、邦訳はなぜか出版されていないようです。 "It is considered one of Freud's most important and widely read works" [...] 立ち上がりはかなりスローです。社会一般において立派な書籍であると認識していないとしたら、つまりフロイトによって書かれたものであることと知らなかったとしていたら、途中で読むのを止めていたかもしれません。しかし章が進むにつれ徐々にペースが上がって行き、取り扱われる要素間の関連性も把握しやすくてなっていきます。と言いましても簡単に咀嚼できる文面ではなく、かなり込み入った、密度がそれなりに高い内容なのだと思います。人の本能に関する記述が綴られており、人類学的な観点を持ち合わせて解説が進められています。

Good

If you are psychology student you can read it however if you are not do not read this book.

Amazing read. Probably one of the most interesting works of Freud I've read, probably because this was one of the more pseudoscientifical ones. If you go into this, please be familiar with Freud's earlier works already, especially the Ego and the Id, or just familiarize yourself with the Id, Ego and Superego... and the death and eros drives too at least before reading this, or it will not make much sense.