Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on the Theory of Dreams [Hardcover]

Acknowledgements.  Foreword.  Introduction.  1. The Concept of Dreams (Definition of Dreams)  2. Dream Sources (Dream Instigators)  3. The Dream-Wish  4. Other Wishes in Dreams and Dreaming  5. Note of Freuds Use of the Terms Latent Dream Content and Latent Dream Thoughts  6. Latent Dream-Content  7. Latent Dream-Thoughts  8. Days Residues  9. Affects in Dreams  10. The Use of Memories in Dreams  11. Dream-Fantasies  12. Manifest Content  13. Dream-Censorship  14. Dream-Work  15. Distortion in Dreams  16. Considerations of Representability (Plastic Representation)  17. Regression in Dreams  18. Condensation in Dreams  19. Displacement in Dreams  20. Secondary Revision  21. Symbolism  22. The Remembering and Forgetting of Dreams  23. Apparent Failures of the Wish-Fulfilling Function of Dreams: Punishment Dreams, Counter-Wish Dreams, Anxiety Dreams, Dreams in the Traumatic Neuroses  24. Dream Interpretation  25. Day-Dreams (Fantasies) and Dreams.  Index.

It is generally accepted that among Freuds many contributions to the understanding of the normal and abnormal aspects of mental functioning, The Interpretation of Dreams stands alone and above all others. In this work published in 1900 Freud laid down the foundations of psychoanalytic theory as it was to develop throughout this century. This work not only unravelled the significance of the process of dreaming and allowed for the scientific understanding of the true meaning and nature of the mysterious world of dreams, but created the basis for a general theory of personality capable of encompassing within a single model both the normal and abnormal aspect of mental functioning.

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