Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents
	1930s title page German edition
Author	Sigmund Freud
Original title	Das Unbehagen in der Kultur
Translator	Joan Riviere; James Strachey
Country	Austria
Language	German
Subject	Philosophy of culture, social psychology, political philosophy
Publisher	Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien
Publication date	1930
Media type	Print
Pages	127
ISBN	978-0-393-30158-8
Preceded by	The Future of an Illusion
Followed by	Moses and Monotheism

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. It was written in 1929 and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur ("The Uneasiness in Civilization").^[1] Exploring what Freud sees as the important clash between the desire for individuality and the expectations of society, the book is considered one of Freud's most important and widely read works, and was described in 1989 by historian Peter Gay as one of the most influential and studied books in the field of modern psychology.^[2]

^ Freud, Sigmund (1930). Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ (Gay 1989, p. 722)

[1] Freud, Sigmund (1930). Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[2] (Gay 1989, p. 722)

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