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-prov
oking, Totem and Taboo remains the fullest exploration of Freud's most famous th
emes. Family, society, religion - they're all put on the couch here.
Whatever
your feelings about psychoanalysis, Freud's theories have influenced every face
t of modern life, from film and literature to medicine and art. If you don't kno
w your incest taboo from your Oedipal complex, and you want to understand more a
bout the culture we're living in, then Totem and Taboo is the book to read.
