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The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion
Author: Sigmund Freud, James Strachey (Editor)
Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned suprema...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393008319
ISBN-10: 0393008312
Publication Date: 8/1989
Pages: 112
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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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