Eros And Civilization A Philosophical Inquiry Into Freud

Title: Eros And Civilization A Philosophical Inquiry Into Freud

Author: Herbert Marcuse

Publisher: Beacon Press

Publication Year: 1962

ISBN:  9780807015551

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 implication