The Future of an Illusion: 0 (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) - Softcover

Freud, Sigmund; Strachey, James; Gay, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393008312 ISBN 13: 9780393008319

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1976

Synopsis

In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosophe, Freud argued that religion and science were mortal enemies. Early in the century, he began to think about religion psychoanalytically and to discuss it in his writings. ?The Future of an Illusion ?(1927), Freud's best known and most emphatic psychoanalytic exploration of religion, is the culmination of a lifelong pattern of thinking.

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Review:

"Gregory C. Richter's fluent new translation shows one of Freud's most popular books to be as clear, colloquial, and compelling as anything else by the master of psychoanalysis, and Todd Dufresne's entertaining introduction makes a good case for its surprising contemporary relevance, in spite of its often puzzling arguments."--Thomas Kemple, University of British Columbia

About the Author:

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of the twentieth century's greatest minds and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. His many works include The Ego and the Id; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis; Inhibitions; Symptoms and Anxiety; New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; Civilization and Its Discontent, and others. Peter Gay is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0393008312
• ISBN 13: 9780393008319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112