Dream Psychology
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3.4 • 565 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbreaking approach to healing psychiatric issues through dialogue between a patient and therapist gave us enduring concepts like projection and transference, as well as the superego, ego, and id.
Above all, Freud advanced the progressive idea of unconscious desire as a driving force for our thoughts and actions. This paved the way for the revolutionary notion that dreams are more than wild nonsense-they’re a channel for symbolically communicating our innermost fears, conflicts, and desires. While many of Freud’s theories have fallen out of fashion, Dream Psychology is a great introduction to the influential field of psychoanalysis. It’s a fascinating look into the world of the subconscious-and the human mind.
Customer Reviews
Interesting.
Freuds theories are interesting, that can't be denied. But most of them are not applicable in real life. They're also extremely unscientific and subjective so they can't be proved or disproved. Also he made all his theories from a case study on one child. -.-
Freud's work, largely criticised, but must be considered
Just to clear up some errors in some reviews here. Freud did not just come up with some opinions and "whacky ideas". His theories are based on years of clinical research and while they are by nature subjective, which is a perfectly acceptable tenet of psychology, Freud considered his work to be actually scientific. Without his work, psychology would not be what it is today, and just because people may find his theories to be distasteful, it doesn't mean they do not have substance.
Freud's work has real life application in therapy as well as development. Most importantly, Freud's theories are being revisited and are being backed up with a lot of scientific evidence.
Classic
Absolute must read for those interested in psychology and psychoanalysis, but also in analysis of art, cinematography and literature.
Too many arrogant ignorant statements here from those who have never read more than "OK" magazine and the Daily Mail.