ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part |118 pages
Under the Rule of the Reality Principle
chapter |10 pages
The Hidden Trend in Psychoanalysis
chapter |34 pages
The Origin of the Repressed Individual (Ontogenesis)
chapter |23 pages
The Origin of Repressive Civilization (Phylogenesis)
chapter |28 pages
The Dialectic of Civilization
chapter |21 pages
Philosophical Interlude
part |111 pages
Beyond the Reality Principle
