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A review by clay1st
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
3.0
I was surprised at how easy to read this was. I was also impressed at Freud's frequent references to the the foundational work in the field which he analyses in what appears to be a very balanced way.
I think his theory that dreams are a an expression of unconscious desires is less strong than his actual analysis of dreams, which take into account contextual and psychological factors to hypothesise about unmet needs and repressed desires of the individuals he analyses. Freud's emphasis on dreams as the foundation for this work is, in my opinion, a red herring for the real work of psychoanalysis that he is doing. It was a thing of its time, modern psychoanalysis has moved further and further away from dream analysis, but the foundations for modern psychoanalysis can still be seen if you read between the lines in this book.
I think his theory that dreams are a an expression of unconscious desires is less strong than his actual analysis of dreams, which take into account contextual and psychological factors to hypothesise about unmet needs and repressed desires of the individuals he analyses. Freud's emphasis on dreams as the foundation for this work is, in my opinion, a red herring for the real work of psychoanalysis that he is doing. It was a thing of its time, modern psychoanalysis has moved further and further away from dream analysis, but the foundations for modern psychoanalysis can still be seen if you read between the lines in this book.