The Future of an Illusion with Biographical Introduction by Peter Gay

Freud, Sigmund

ISBN 10: 0393008312 / ISBN 13: 9780393008319

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1989

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Square, strong, and completely unmarked text with light shelving wear and heavily toned interior and book stamp of previous seller inside on half-title page; retains a strong and supple spine for reading. 6th printing THUS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Future of an Illusion with Biographical Introduction by Peter Gay
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393008312
• ISBN 13: 9780393008319
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey.

In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosophe, Freud argued that religion and science were mortal enemies. Early in the century, he began to think about religion psychoanalytically and to discuss it in his writings. ?The Future of an Illusion ?(1927), Freud's best known and most emphatic psychoanalytic exploration of religion, is the culmination of a lifelong pattern of thinking.

About the Authors

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of the twentieth century's greatest minds and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. His many works include The Ego and the Id; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis; Inhibitions; Symptoms and Anxiety; New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; Civilization and Its Discontent, and others.

Peter Gay (1923―2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.