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.

Stephen James Bartlett

The articles cited in this post are by the philosopher Stephen James Bartlett.  There are three articles and they all in some way address the personal side of philosophical discourse.  The articles examine philosopher's relationship with themselves as well as relationships with other philosophers.  Though they do not posit a philosophical theory or explore any canonized philosophical works, they are interesting pieces about one scholar's perspective on the political state of academic philosophy.  They are highly recommended for anyone interested in learning about some of the political dynamics professional academic philosophers struggle with both within themselves and their own philosophies as well as their relationships to other philosophers and other philosophies.  They are helpful for making arguments when attempting to psychologize any philosopher and their work.

Because these articles have been approved for distribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial No Derivs license, I can provide direct links to these articles.  However, I still provide the appropriate MLA citation followed by a link to the article.

1) Bartlett, Stephen J. "Philosophy As Ideology." Metaphilosophy 17.1 (1986): 1-13. Web.  The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

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2) Bartlett, Stephen J. "Narcissism And Philosophy." Methodology and Science: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Empirical Study of the Foundations of Science 19.1 (1986): 16-26. Web. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

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3) Bartlett, Stephen J. "Psychological Underpinnings of Philosophy." Metaphilosophy 20.3 (1989): 295-305. Web.  The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

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