Product Description: Sigmund Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents" is a seminal work by the author which was first published in 1930 and in which he enumerates what he sees as the fundamental tensions between civilization and the individual. Freud argues that at the heart of these fundamental tensions are the struggle of the individual for instinctual freedom and the demand of society to conform to social norms...read more

Product Description: Since her death in 1962, Riviere's reputation has rested principally on her achievement as a translator and lucid disseminator of Freudian and Kleinian ideas. This volume sheds light on her own contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice...read more