Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [= The Uneasiness in Civilization] [Civilization and its Discontents]
Wien [= Vienna]: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-136 pp. Yellow cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine; blue topstain. Text in German. Grinstein 10619. Haskell-Norman 1373. Freud's treatise on how the principles of psychoanalysis can be applied to industrialized societies. One of Freud's most significant works, a sharp examination of the demands of civilized society pitted humankind's innate desires and instincts. The Norman entry cites a special focus on the Eros instinct and on what the auction cataloger refers to as "the death instinct" Very Good. Item #000012683
Rubbing to the lettering on the front board, a bookplate on the free front endpaper.
Price: $500.00