Totem and Taboo

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud’s greatest cultural works when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913 it caused outrage. Thorough and thought-provoking Totem and Taboo remains the fullest exploration of Freud’s most famous themes. Family society religion - they’re all put on the couch here. Whatever your feelings about psychoanalysis Freud’s theories have influenced every facet of modern life from film and literature to medicine and art. If you don’t know your in cest taboo from your Oedipal complex and you want to un?derstand more about the culture we’re living in then Totem and Taboo is the book to read.