The Routledge Guidebook to Freud's Interpretation of Dreams |
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Author:
| Armstrong, Richard |
Series title: | The Routledge Guides to the Great Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-1-138-80330-5 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2018 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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Freud's seminal work The Interpretation of Dreamshelped to shape the culture of modernism of the twentieth century and launched the discipline of psychoanalysis, which continues influence our understanding of human subjectivity and the workings of the unconscious today but the original text is complex and quite dense for anyone who is unfamiliar with Freud's work. Tracing the evolution of the text from a regional theory of psychopathology, to Freud's model for the 'apparatus...
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Freud's seminal work The Interpretation of Dreamshelped to shape the culture of modernism of the twentieth century and launched the discipline of psychoanalysis, which continues influence our understanding of human subjectivity and the workings of the unconscious today but the original text is complex and quite dense for anyone who is unfamiliar with Freud's work. Tracing the evolution of the text from a regional theory of psychopathology, to Freud's model for the 'apparatus of the soul' which outlines the formation of some of his best known theories, The Routledge Guidebook to Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams provides an accessibleintroduction to Freud's work which assesses:
- Freud's life and the historical context of the text
- A critical discussion of the text, which examines its relation to Freud's attempts to create a theory of human subjectivity
- The cultural impact of The Interpretation of Dreams
Offering a close reading of the text, this is essential reading for anyone studying this enormously influential work.