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Sigmund Freud: Civilization and Its Discontents (Penguin Modern Classics) [2002] paperback Condition:New Kate Parker is about toIn what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all know that living in civilised groups means sacrificing a degree of personal interest, but couldn't you argue that it in fact creates the conditions for our happiness? Freud explores the arguments and counter arguments surrounding this proposition,