The Interpretation of Dreams

The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud, the first edition of which was first published in German in 1899 as Die Traumdeutung.

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Sigmund Freud - German - 1899

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At the beginning of Chapter One, Freud describes his work thus:

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:In the following pages, I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique, every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned to a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state. Further, I shall endeavour to elucidate the processes which underlie the strangeness and obscurity of dreams, and to deduce from these processes the nature of the psychic forces whose conflict or co-operation is responsible for our dreams.

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The book introduces the Id, the Ego, and the Superego, and describes Freud's theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Widely considered to be his most important contribution to psychology, Freud said of this work, "Insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime."

Related Topics:
The Id, the Ego, and the Superego - Unconscious - Dream interpretation

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