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The Neurosis of Civilization
Hazlitt, Henry | September 17, 1930 issue

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The article discusses the book "Civilization and Its Discontents," by Sigmund Freud and authorized translation by Joan Riviere. The book is written for the most part with remarkable lucidity and one is indebted to the translator for carrying the original over into an English prose highly attractive on its own account. Suggestive and shrewd as it is in its detailed discussions, however, the book lacks a certain structural clarity. It frequently misleads the reader regarding the direction of its argument and it would be difficult to summarize its winding course and numerous subordinate discussions. Freud begins with the assertion that life is too hard for people and that one is driven to various palliative remedies.

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CIVILIZATION & Its Discontents (Book); FREUD, Sigmund, 1856-1939; RIVIERE, Joan; TRANSLATIONS; LIFE; DISCONTENT; ENGLISH prose literature
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