Eros and civilisation: A philosophical inquiry into freud
- London ARK Paper Backs 1956
- xii,277p. PB 19x13cm
In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressing the philosophical and sociological implications.
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Reality Principle Repressed Individual Repressive Cilvilization Aesthetic Dimension Eros and Thanatos