Interpretation of Dreams (English version) - Softcover

Sigmund Freud

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7544759903 ISBN 13: 9787544759908

Publisher: Yilin Press, 2016

Synopsis

Freud is known for The Interpretation of Dreams, which is considered as a psychoanalysis masterpiece of this century, and a must-read book on psychoanalysis and subconscious theory. By scientific exploration and explanation of dreams, his work have helped people get rid of their ignorance, confusion and fear about dreams for thousands of years, and also unveiled the mystery of subconscious which always controls our thinking and behavior. You can find out the rules and basis of dream occurrence and evolvement. It has been taken as an important part of psychoanalytic theory and one of the three major theoretical pillars.

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Review:

Whether we love or hate Sigmund Freud, we all have to admit that he revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. Much of this revolution can be traced to The Interpretation of Dreams, the turn-of-the-century tour de force that outlined his theory of unconscious forces in the context of dream analysis. Introducing the id, the superego, and their problem child, the ego, Freud advanced scientific understanding of the mind immeasurably by exposing motivations normally invisible to our consciousness. While there's no question that his own biases and neuroses influenced his observations, the details are less important than the paradigm shift as a whole. After Freud, our interior lives became richer and vastly more mysterious.

These mysteries clearly bothered him--he went to great (often absurd) lengths to explain dream imagery in terms of childhood sexual trauma, a component of his theory jettisoned mid-century, though now popular among recovered-memory therapists. His dispassionate analyses of his own dreams are excellent studies for cognitive scientists wishing to learn how to sacrifice their vanities for the cause of learning. Freud said of the work contained in The Interpretation of Dreams, "Insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime." One would have to feel quite fortunate to shake the world even once. --Rob Lightner

From the Back Cover:

Freud's discovery that the dream is the means by which the unconscious can be explored is undoubtedly the most revolutionary step forward in the entire history of psychology. Dreams, according to his theory, represent the hidden fulfillment of our unconscious wishes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yilin Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 7544759903
• ISBN 13: 9787544759908
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 458