The Interpretation of Dreams
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The Interpretation of DreamsDescription
Freud argues that dreams are disguised fulfillments of repressed, often unconscious wishes, and develops his method of interpretation by distinguishing between a dream's "manifest content" (what's literally dreamed) and its "latent content" (the hidden meaning beneath it), using his own dreams and patients' case material as evidence.Context
Introduced Freud's theory of the unconscious mind to the world and established dream analysis as a serious tool for understanding hidden psychological conflictsCategory
Psychology