Original publication date
1955
Pages
xviii; 256
Status
Available
Call number
Publication
New York: Vintage Books, 1962
Physical description
xviii, 256 p.; 18.4 cm
Language
Description
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.