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Eros and Civilization
Herbert Marcuse

Eros and Civilization

Beacon Press, Boston (1950)
0807015555
| Hardcover
277 pages | 137 x 198 mm | English
Dewey 301
LC Classification BF173 .M3566 1974
LC Control No. 66003219

Subject

  • Psychoanalytic Theory

Plot

 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 implications.