In this book Sigmund Freud has attempted to expound the methods and results of dream-interpretation; and in so doing he does not think he overstepped the boundary of neuro-pathological science. For the dream proves on psychological investigation to be the first of a series of abnormal psychic formations, a series whose succeeding members-the hysterical phobias, the obsessions, the delusions- must, for practical reasons, claim the attention of the physician.
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Bon c'est sûr il était un gros pervers et la psychanalyse dans l'ensemble c'est chiant mais alors celui-là il est vraiment passionnant si on s'accr... (show more)
Bon c'est sûr il était un gros pervers et la psychanalyse dans l'ensemble c'est chiant mais alors celui-là il est vraiment passionnant si on s'accroche un peu :)
En plus je me rappelle rarement de mes rêves :(
C'est grave docteur Freud dites moi? (show less)
Obviously influential... But it killed me to read it and Freud is a freak, so I'm punishing him with this rating.
Look, let's say the year is 1899, and you believe man is at the center of himself. Let's say that you believe people are rational actors making informed decisions. If that's the case you might want to read this book from start to finish. The book is not so much about dream (though there are a lot of dreams), nor their interpretation (though it does give you a guidelines for interpretation), but much more about the argument for the existence of an unconscious. It's important historically speak... (show more)
Look, let's say the year is 1899, and you believe man is at the center of himself. Let's say that you believe people are rational actors making informed decisions. If that's the case you might want to read this book from start to finish. The book is not so much about dream (though there are a lot of dreams), nor their interpretation (though it does give you a guidelines for interpretation), but much more about the argument for the existence of an unconscious. It's important historically speaking, and if you don't quite buy into Freud's argument - it serves as a great introduction.
If you've already bought into Freudian thought, skip to the last two chapters, which provide the majority of the important theoretical points. The main point is that dreams are wish fulfillments, though the things we wish for may be intolerable to us in our waking life, so we have dreams. The logical end to this argument is that every dream is technically a nightmare.
There's a few interesting dreams recited in this book, and if you're into that you'll enjoy reading what turn-of-the-century bourgeois were dreaming about. You find out a bit too much about Freud's personal life, as he goes over several of his own dreams in great detail.
However, the most important dream mentioned in the book is not thoroughly analyzed. In the begining of the last chapter, Freud goes over the dream where a father dreams of his dead son saying "Father, why am I burning?" For some reason Freud does not analyze this dream as a wish fulfillment of patricide - why? (show less)
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I read this in my 20's and a have a stand out memory of Freuds interpretation of the woman who dreams of going to the butcher shop but it is closed - clearly he thinks she wants sex / men (meat) and cant get it, ie the door is closed. .... well.
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