Book · 2010 · Psychology
Civilization and Its Discontents
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My favorite book for Freud is civilization and that's discontents.
The best things said about it
I mean Freud has this phrase in civilization and it's discontent about how modern man is a prosthetic god right like we we equip ourselves with all these tools and things like this.
And so you know this is the argument for civilization and its discontents that actually you know to to retreat to withdraw to go into oneself to hate oneself instead of for example your boss that sacked you or your partner who was adulterous or what have you.
Why people recommend it
Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents is a foundational psychoanalytic text exploring the inevitable friction between individual desires for freedom and the restrictive demands of civilized society. Paul Bloom discussed the work on EconTalk, highlighting it as his ultimate top choice for reading Freud. Jacob Howland later appeared on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to mention Freud's famous phrase characterizing modern man as a prosthetic god, equipped with powerful tools. Additionally, on the same podcast, Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris referenced the book to analyze depression through a Freudian framework, suggesting that psychological distress can function as repressed anger turned inward against the self rather than expressed outwardly toward others like a bad boss or an unfaithful partner. Carhart-Harris drew further parallels to the text when discussing humanity's ongoing efforts to control the natural world. Together, these commentators utilized Freud's insights to illuminate human nature, psychological suffering, and the hidden costs of societal order, demonstrating the enduring relevance of his theories in modern psychological and cultural discourse.
Every mention
Paul Bloom my favorite book for Freud is civilization and that's discontents 1
“my favorite book for Freud is civilization and that's discontents”
Robin Carhart-Harris and so you know this is the argument for civilization and its discontents that actually you know to to retr… 3
“another possibility and this again you know I do have a fair bit of time for certain Freudian ideas and another one in relation to Depression was that it it um it's often repressed anger so rather than you know some social dilemma plays out and you get aggressive and you you do something dramatic you know you kill someone”
“and so you know this is the argument for civilization and its discontents that actually you know to to retreat to withdraw to go into oneself to hate oneself instead of for example your boss that sacked you or your partner who was adulterous or what have you”
“yeah I think of it again a little bit like Civilization and its discontents you know like we started to control the critical world”
Jacob Howland I mean Freud has this phrase in civilization and it's discontent about how modern man is a prosthetic god r… 1
“I mean Freud has this phrase in civilization and it's discontent about how modern man is a prosthetic god right like we we equip ourselves with all these tools and things like this”
