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The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion
Author: Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, declared that religion is a universal obsessional neurosis in his famous work of 1927, The Future of an Illusion. This work provoked immediate controversy and has continued to be an important reference for anyone interested in the intersection of philosophy, psychology, religion, and culture. Include...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781554810659
ISBN-10: 1554810655
Publication Date: 2/27/2012
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Broadview Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Freud's classic modernist text exposing religion as an illusion (a wish-fulfillment) within his own system of thought. Despite his arguments to the contrary, as full of assumptions and untestable theory as any other religious system, but an important milestone in cultural theory.
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Freud's best known and most emphatic psychoanalytic exploration of religion, is the culmination of a lifelong pattern of thinking.
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This book will help you understand Freud better! It's almost like a cliffsnotes on Freud. Not too hard to follow!


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