The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud

Freud's place in philosophy is contested by many.  Some think that he should be exclusively in the psychology department, some think that he belongs to philosophy, and others think he should be in both.  Since this blog is dedicated to philosophical sources and citations, we have compiled a list of citations that are heavy on the philosophy piece of Freud's contributions.

Primary Sources:

1) Freud, Sigmund. The Ego and the Id. Trans. Joan Riviere. New York: W. W. Norton & Company,1960. Print.

Secondary Sources:

Books

1) Nue, Jerome, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Freud. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Print.

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2) Altman, Matthew C., and Cynthia D. Coe. The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy. New York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2013. Print.

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3) Cavell, Marcia. Becoming a Subject: Reflections in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.

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4) Kramer, Peter D. Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind. New York: Harper Perennial, 2009. Print.

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5) Grunbaum, Adolf. The Foundations of Psychoanalysis: A Philosophical Critique. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Print.

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6) MacIntyre, Alasdair C. The Unconscious: A Conceptual Analysis. New York: Routledge, 1958. Print.

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Journal Articles:

1) Woody, Melvin J. "Dispensing with the Dynamic Conscious." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 9.2 (2002): 155-157. Web

2) Phillips, James. "Freud and the Cognitive Unconscious." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 20.3 (2013): 247-149. Web.

3) de Block, Andreas. "Freud as an 'Evolutionary Psychiatrist' and the Foundations of a Freudian Philosophy." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 12.4 (2005): 315-324. Web.

4) Morris, Katherine J. "We're All Mad Here." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 12.4 (2005): 331-333. Web.

5) Hinshelwood, R. D. "Emerging from Determinism." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 12.1 (2005): 79-81. Web.

6) Fairbairn, W. Ronald D. "A Critical Evaluation of Certain Basic Psycho-Analytical Conceptions." The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 7.25 (1956): 49-60. Web.

7) Nobus, Dany. "That Obscure object of Psychoanalysis." Continental Philosophy Review 46.2 (2013): 163-187. Web. 

8) Lavine T. Z. "Internalization, Socialization, and Dialectic." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 42.1 (1981): 91-110. Web.

9) Jones, David H. "Freud's Theory of Moral Conscience." Philosophy 41.155 (1966): 34-57. Web.

10) Furth, Hans G. "Psychoanalysis and Social Thought: The Endogenous Origin of Society." Political Psychology 13.1 (1992): 91-104. Web.

11) Gruenwald, Oskar. "The Myth of Id: A Touch of Modernity." Political Psychology 3.3/4 (1982): 111-139. Web.

12) Harriman, Philip L. "The Ancestry of Id." Journal of Clinical Psychology 8.4 (1952): 416-417. Web.

13) Tauber, Alfred I. "Freud without Oedipus: The Cognitive Unconscious." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 20.3 (2013): 231-241. Web.

Civilization and Its Discontents By Sigmund Freud

Primary Sources:

1) Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents. Trans. James Strachey. New York: W.W. Norton
& Company, 1961. Print.

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2) Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents. Trans. David McLintock. London: Penguin Publishing, 2002. Print.

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3) Freud, Sigmund. The Freud Reader. Ed. Peter Gay. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. Print.

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Note: this is a collection of works by Freud which has been compiled together.  Although "Civilization and Its Discontents" are in it, there are also many other relevant works by Feud.  We recommend this to anyone who is looking to study Freud intensely. 

Secondary Sources:

Books:

1) Bauman, Zygmunt. Postmodernity and Its Discontents. New York; New York University Press, 1997. Print.

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Note: this book takes Freud's ideas in "Civilization and Its Discontents" and applies them to a postmodern society.

Journal Articles:

1) Shapiro, Barry. "Civilization and Its Discontents." Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32.6 (2012): 559-569. Web.

2) Robert, Paul A. "Civilization and Its Discontents in Anthropological Perspective, Eight Decades On." Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32.6 (2012): 582-595. Web.

3) Zvi, Lothane. "Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and Related Works: A Reappraisal." Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32.6 (2012): 524-542. Web.

4) Raspa, Richard. Civilization and Its Discontents in the 21st century: Freud, Shakespeare, and Romantic Love." Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32.6 (2012): 596-606. Web.

5) Hollan, Douglas. "Cultures and Their Discontents: On the Cultural Mediation of Shame and Guilt." Psychoanalytic Inquiry 32.6 (2012): 570-581. Web.

6) Young, Allan. "Individualism and Its Discontents." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 21.4 (2014): 361-362. Web.

7) Capps, Donald, and Carlin, Nathan. "Human Chances for Happiness: A review of Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents." Pastoral Psychology 62.3 (2013): 271-289. Web.

8) Carveth, Donald. "Freud's and Our Paranoid Myth of "The Beast." Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis 20.1 (2012): 153-157. Web.

Video:

1) This lecture is given by Christina Hendricks.  She provides a valuable lecture of what Freud was doing in Civilization and Its Discontents.  People of all levels should find this useful.

2) Valuable introductory lecture by YaleCourses.  It does not examine "Civilization and Its Discontents" in much depth but is valuable for one who is becoming familiar with Freud and his works.

3) This is a philosophy podcast called "The partially examined life."  In this episode, they discuss Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents" in an introductory manner.  Someone who is beginning their studies in Freud will find this useful.