Totem and Taboo is widely acknowledged as one of Sigmund Freud's greatest cultural works. When it was first published in 1913, it caused outrage and remains a thorough and thought-provoking 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 incest taboo from your Oedipal complex, and you want to understand more about the culture we're living in, then Totem and Taboo is the book to read.