Herbert Marcuse

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

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