lizzybug's review against another edition
I read this as part of the multi-volume standard edition.
This is one of Freud's most important works. There are sections that are extremely tedious-- Freud is trying to lay out a systematic framework for his theory. It also helps to know some of Freud's biography for the time of this writing. He was struggling with his career, his friendship with his best friend and mentor who had committed an act of grave malpractice that appears to influence the Irma dream, which Freud doesn't acknowledge. At its best, it is brilliant and mind-opening, even know. Freud anticipated many of today's findings about sleep and dreaming, and reading Freud with an open mind can help anyone learn about dreams
This is one of Freud's most important works. There are sections that are extremely tedious-- Freud is trying to lay out a systematic framework for his theory. It also helps to know some of Freud's biography for the time of this writing. He was struggling with his career, his friendship with his best friend and mentor who had committed an act of grave malpractice that appears to influence the Irma dream, which Freud doesn't acknowledge. At its best, it is brilliant and mind-opening, even know. Freud anticipated many of today's findings about sleep and dreaming, and reading Freud with an open mind can help anyone learn about dreams
ajith_wordshaker's review against another edition
3.0
The author says dreams are nothing but a manifestation of our day to day activities. Even things which we see and forget will be present hidden somewhere inside our brain. Which we aren't able to remember with our conscious mind. But it will come in our dream without any initiation. Dreams are just a simple recollection of our previous remembrance. We can't remember the dreams which we just saw last night fully, but we can remember all the incidents which had happened a year before in our real life with much clarity, the author says it is because the dreams are appearing in a scattered form. He says, "You know that the stimulus for a dream always lies among the experiences of the preceding day."
The moral nature of the man remains even in the dream "the purer the life, the purer the dream".
This book is somewhat outdated. Nowadays movies and tv series are much popular so we see ghost stuff in dreams because of the horror movies we saw recently. In this book, there were no such things called 'ghost seeing' in dreams. That means, no horror movies were there back then ;)
As per Feud, "The dream is the guardian of sleep, not the disturber of it".
The moral nature of the man remains even in the dream "the purer the life, the purer the dream".
This book is somewhat outdated. Nowadays movies and tv series are much popular so we see ghost stuff in dreams because of the horror movies we saw recently. In this book, there were no such things called 'ghost seeing' in dreams. That means, no horror movies were there back then ;)
As per Feud, "The dream is the guardian of sleep, not the disturber of it".
sreymey's review against another edition
3.0
Freud provides a theoretical framework for understanding the unconscious mind, which includes concepts such as the id, ego, and superego. The id is the primitive, irrational part of the mind that is driven by impulsive desires. The ego is the part of the mind that mediates between the id and the outside world, serving as a realistic and practical component. The superego represents the ethical standards and ideals that are internalised from society, and it serves as a moral guide for the ego. These concepts provide a foundation for understanding the dynamics of the unconscious mind, and the role it plays in shaping our dreams.
annamgoodman's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Both really interesting and really boring. I learned a lot but it could’ve been shorter.
epicpinkfluffyunicorn's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I was confused but made good points
mark_lm's review against another edition
3.0
Fascinating. I never know what to make of Freud, monumental genius or self-deceiving doofus. Interesting discussion of his children's dreams, including his later to be famous daughter. Interesting review of previous 19th century work on dreams in the first chapter. Basically, he describes the dream, then he states that it seems meaningless without analysis. Then he gives the analysis. Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "Thus we can see that these authors had worked out their conclusions far better than their arguments."
Ifrah. The Universal History of Numbers. p. 402
Ifrah. The Universal History of Numbers. p. 402