The Interpretation of Dreams: Freud

Sigmund Freud

May 2024 · Lebooks Editora

About this ebook

In " The Interpretation of Dreams," Freud demonstrates that every dream carries with it a meaning related to the fulfillment of desires. These desires, sublimated in our waking life, are associated with primitive instincts and will manifest symbolically in our dreams. For Sigmund Freud, interpreting a dream means giving it a sense, that is, adjusting it to the chain of our mental faculties and better understanding what we truly are. Filled with examples drawn from records of his patients and his own dreams, "The Interpretation of Dreams" is a unique work that, even delving into the study of dreams, is intelligible to all. Scholars or laypeople interested in exploring the fantastic and revealing world of dreams will be enchanted by this book, considered the greatest work of the "Father of Psychoanalysis."

About the author

Sigismund Schlomo Freud, born in Freiberg in Moravia on May 6, 1856, and died in London on September 23, 1939, known as Sigmund Freud, was a neurologist and is considered the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud is recognized for his theories of defense mechanisms and psychological repression, as well as for developing the clinical use of psychoanalysis as a treatment for psychopathologies through dialogue between the patient and the psychoanalyst. Freud believed that sexual desire was the primary motivational energy of human life. His work brought about a new understanding of human beings as animals endowed with imperfect reason and influenced by their desires and emotions.