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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Ancient dream interpretations were unscientific; a better method is to link dreams to real psychic memories.
Chapter 3: All dreams satisfy wishes, though most of them appear in disguise.
Chapter 4: The material of dreams can arise from several different sources.
Chapter 5: Dream content is compressed, shifted, and woven together into coherence by the psyche.
Chapter 6: Dreams convey thoughts indirectly or by means of symbols.
Chapter 7: Certain dreams are universal; they even arise from identical roots.
Chapter 8: Children may yearn for a parent’s death to be closer to the parent of the opposite sex.
Chapter 9: Understanding dreams is crucial for grasping the psyche and resolving its problems.
Description
Sigmund Freud’s cornerstone work, The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), was one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and continues to shape the way we think and create. These blinks offer a fascinating insight into Freud’s understanding of dreams: what they mean, where they come from, how they are formed and how we can understand them.
Who Should Listen
- Students of psychology, neuroscience or history
- Dreamers who want to understand what their minds are trying to tell them