Civilization, War, and Death by Sigmund Freud
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Niagara Books is proud to offer this first edition of Civilization, War, and Death: Sections from three works by Sigmund Freud, by the Sigmund Freud, published in 1939 by Hogarth Press of London, England.
This book is in overall very good (VG) and dust jacket is in fair condition.
The book is bound in tan or khaki cloth with the title, author, and publisher lettered in black on the spine. The top of the boards are sunned, and overall the binding is soiled with age. There is general bumping and rubbing to the corners and edges however nothing significant. The binding is tight and is not cracked, loose, etc. The text block is sunned, but generally free of any markings to the pages including inscriptions, etc. All pages are present. This is an overall solid collector's copy.
The dust jacket is generally clean although it is soiled gently and the spine is sunned. There is a one inch open tear on the the bottom and a half inch open tear on the top of the spine. The edges (especially the top edge) of the dust jacket has several small closed tears.
The book measures 7 ¾ x 4 ¾ x ¾ and has 104 pages.
Please note, although I cannot smell smoke or mustiness in this book, I cannot guarantee that this book came from a smoke or pet free home.
About the Book
This book contains three essays by Sigmund Freud dealing with, as the title suggests, civilization, war, and death. Among the essays includes the 1933 "Why War?" After Hitler's seizure of power, psychoanalytic work came to an end in Germany, and Freud's books were burnt in Berlin. His views also were condemned in the USSR. At the request of the League of Nations, Freud collaborated with Albert Einstein in writing “Why War?”
About the Author
According to Wikipedia:
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939), was an Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression, and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient, technically referred to as an "analysand", and a psychoanalyst. Freud redefined sexual desire as the primary motivational energy of human life, developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association, created the theory of transference in the therapeutic relationship, and interpreted dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires. He was an early neurological researcher into cerebral palsy, and a prolific essayist, drawing on psychoanalysis to contribute to the history, interpretation and critique of culture.
When the Nazis invaded Austria, Freud, an Austrian Jew, was permitted to move to London after paying a large ransom. He died of throat cancer three weeks after the outbreak of WW II in 1939.
About the Publisher
The Hogarth Press was founded in 1917 by Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf. It was named after their house in Richmond, in which they began hand-printing books.
During the inter-war years, the Hogarth Press grew from a hobby of the Woolfs to a business when they began using commercial printers. In 1938 Woolf relinquished her interest in the business and it was then run as a partnership by Leonard Woolf and John Lehmann until 1946, when it became an associate company of Chatto & Windus.
As well as publishing the works of the members of the Bloomsbury group, the Hogarth Press was at the forefront of publishing works on Psychoanalysis and translations of foreign, especially Russian, works.
Publisher: Hogarth Press, London, England
Date:
1939
1939Format:Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Hardcover with Dust JacketAttributes: First Edition
Price: Sold
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