Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud · Modern · Psychology
Modern · Psychology
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud. Freud proposes dreams as disguised wish fulfillment and develops techniques for interpreting unconscious mental life.
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- Date
- 1899 / 1900
- Origin
- Austria
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Psychology
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Very challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
Freud proposes dreams as disguised wish fulfillment and develops techniques for interpreting unconscious mental life.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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