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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1961
Language
English
Description
Civilization and Its Discontents is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. It is, considered his most brilliant work. In it, he states his views on the broad question of man's place in the world. It seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1989] c1961
Language
English
Description
In “The Future of an Illusion”, Freud's psychoanalysis of religion is the culmination of a lifelong thought pattern. Freud examines human nature and the role of religion in society, proclaiming that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to maintain an orderly society. Religion, viewed as a set of false beliefs based on human desires, manifests as a God-like father figure to a helpless child, whose survival is dependent...
Author
Series
Publisher
Made in the USA
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Dream Psychology has been described as the key to Freud's works and, in fact, the key to all modern psychology, as well as a great study of psychoanalysis for beginners. But it is an excellent guide to professionals also. This book shows how your dreams have a meaning and how they can be interpreted. This interpretation of your dreams explains the fears and anxieties as well as the wishes and desires of your unconscious mind.
Sigmund Freud's (1856-1939)...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
All human behaviors and traits, according to this 1923 study, derive from the complicated interactions of three elements of the psyche: the id, the ego, and the superego. The root of Sigmund Freud's approach to psychiatric treatment resides in bringing the id, the hidden source of human passion, to the surface. The ego - formed to negotiate the id's interactions with reality - and the superego - the critical, moralistic part of the mind - remain in...
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