{"title":"Sigmund Freud","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"civilization-and-its-discontents","title":"Civilization and Its Discontents","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in German in 1930, Sigmund Freud’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCivilization and Its Discontents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the defining works of modern thought: a searching inquiry into the uneasy bargain between individual happiness and life in society. Freud asks why the achievements of civilisation—its laws, institutions and shared ideals—so often leave us frustrated, anxious and dissatisfied. His answer lies in the conflict between our instinctual desires and the restraints required for communal life, with love and aggression locked in a struggle that no social order can entirely resolve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on psychoanalysis, Freud examines the origins of guilt, the demands of morality, the longing for happiness and the persistent force of human aggression. His argument is both unsettling and enduring: civilisation protects us from certain dangers while imposing psychological costs of its own. Written in the shadow of the First World War and amid the uncertainties of interwar Europe, the book remains a provocative meditation on the limits of progress and the contradictions of human nature. Its influence reaches far beyond psychology, shaping debates in philosophy, politics, cultural criticism and the understanding of modern life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Sigmund Freud, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCivilization and Its Discontents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCivilization and Its Discontents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is relatively easy to read as a stand-alone text and it addresses what we mean by civilisation and what the cost to us is of being civilised.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— John Gray, Five Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64025952747850,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-interpretation-of-dreams","title":"The Interpretation of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in German in 1899, with a title page dated 1900, Sigmund Freud’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e transformed the study of the mind by proposing that dreams offer a privileged route into the unconscious. Drawing on his own dreams, clinical encounters and the associations of his patients, Freud develops a method for reading the strange, often fragmented narratives of sleep as expressions of wishes, memories and conflicts that waking consciousness keeps at a distance. Beneath their apparent absurdity, he argues, dreams possess a hidden logic shaped by condensation, displacement and symbolic transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart scientific investigation, part intimate intellectual journey, the book introduces ideas that would become central to psychoanalysis and profoundly influence modern literature, art and cultural thought. Freud’s account of the unconscious unsettles the familiar distinction between rational self-command and the unruly life of desire, suggesting that we are never entirely transparent to ourselves. Though many of its theories remain contested, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e endures as a landmark in the history of psychology and one of the foundational texts of twentieth-century intellectual life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Sigmund Freud, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Freud’s most important work.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Ernest Jones, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life and Work of Sigmund Freud\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64025972801866,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-ego-and-the-id","title":"The Ego and the Id","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in German in 1923, Sigmund Freud’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ego and the Id\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents one of the most influential—and unsettling—maps of the human psyche. Freud develops his structural model of the mind, distinguishing the id, seat of instinctual drives; the ego, which negotiates between desire and reality; and the superego, which embodies internalised authority and moral judgement. Rather than a unified, self-governing consciousness, the person emerges as a contested territory, shaped by unconscious impulses and competing demands that are not always recognised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding on the foundations of psychoanalysis, Freud explores guilt, repression, identification and the difficult formation of the self, revising aspects of his earlier account of mental life. His ideas have travelled well beyond the consulting room, influencing philosophy, literary criticism, cultural theory and the language through which modern society speaks about identity and desire. Compact but far-reaching, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ego and the Id\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains essential to understanding Freud’s mature thought and the twentieth century’s enduring fascination with the hidden forces beneath conscious experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Sigmund Freud, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ego and the Id\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ego and the Id\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Freud systematizes the conceptualization of the mind’s architecture that has evolved steadily through his works and for which he is best known.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Cambridge University Press, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Freud Really Meant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64025986564426,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/collections\/sigmund-freud.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}