Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents Tells Why You’re Miserable
Do you ever feel a nagging sense of discontent despite living in the most comfortable era in human history? Why … Read more
Do you ever feel a nagging sense of discontent despite living in the most comfortable era in human history? Why … Read more
Sigmund Freud’s The Ego and the Id (1923) is the foundational text of modern psychology’s structural model of the mind. … Read more
Have you ever wondered why your deepest fears and desires seem to control you from the shadows of your own … Read more
Do you ever find yourself staring at a shelf of philosophy books, wanting to understand the great minds that shaped … Read more
Can one book actually hold sixty years of a single mind, from a boy’s private crisis of religious doubt in … Read more
Have you ever felt that the world’s most cherished beliefs—about God, about morality, about how to raise children and run … Read more
Why did one of the most brilliant men of the twentieth century spend most of his ninety-seven years feeling so … Read more
Did you ever question whether your most deeply held beliefs could survive the brutality of a global war? Bertrand Russell … Read more
Do you ever find yourself absolutely certain about something—only to later discover you were completely wrong? If that question makes … Read more
We live in an age of unprecedented power and paralyzing fear. We can destroy our planet many times over, yet … Read more
Why did the nineteenth century, the age that promised freedom, democracy, science and progress, also create the nationalism, imperialism and … Read more
What if everything you believe about raising children is wrong? Do you ever lie awake at night wondering if the … Read more
Do you ever look at the way children are herded through schools, stuffed with facts they don’t care about, and … Read more
Do you ever get the feeling that the news isn’t telling you the whole story? It’s a question that lingers … Read more
Do you actually think for yourself, or has someone else been doing the thinking for you your entire life? That … Read more
Does the West really have all the answers for a rising power like China, or are we repeating the same … Read more
In 1920, the celebrated philosopher Bertrand Russell visited the newly formed Soviet Union and returned with a sobering diagnosis. While … Read more
Do you ever feel like the political choices on offer—more State or less State, capitalism or communism—are all roads leading … Read more
Ever wonder why you feel like just another cog in the machine, despite living in a democracy? Do you sense … Read more
Do you ever wonder why, despite our massive technological leaps, society still struggles with the exact same violent conflicts and … Read more
Why does a 2,400-year-old trial transcript still explain the exact feeling in your stomach before a performance review? I picked … Read more