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About the Book

Dream Psychology was highly influential in the field of psychoanalysis in the 20th century. It laid down the foundation of some of the most important concepts of psychoanalysis and served as a source of interpretation to many other psychologists who followed. This book discusses about Freud’s theory of dreams, which he felt were the ‘royal road to the unconscious’. The material for the dream analysis was provided by himself, as he analyzed his own dreams. By doing so, he recreated his childhood memories and discovered the roots of a lot of his own neuroses. Freud theorized that dreams are symbolic and attached multiple meanings to each dream. Images in a dream stood for something in reality and he often associated instincts and the biological drive with the nature of dreams. Interpretation Of Dreams provides an interesting insight into Freud’s conceptualization of the world of dreams and the book can be read by even those who are not connected to the field of psychology.

About the Author

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who came to be known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. The mainstay of this was his theory of psycho-sexual development and the concept of the Oedipal complex, which met with wide criticism when it was first released. Freud had a private practice where he treated a number of psychological disorders. Besides The Interpretation of Dreams, he has also authored The Unconscious, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, The Psychology of Love, Civilization and its Discontents, The Future of an Illusion, etc.