How long does it take to read Civilization and Its Discontents?
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud takes about 2 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 13 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1930. 121 pages, about 33,275 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Written in the decade before Freud’s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines civilization’s trajectory? Freud’s theories on the effect of the knowledge of death on human existence and the birth of art are central to his work. " - W. W. Norton & Co.
Subjects: Civilization, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis and culture, Social psychology, Psicología social, Civilización
