Questions to Freudian Psychoanalysis: Dream Interpretation, Reality, Fantasy

Sigmund Freud's most fully productive and genuinely original ideas also seem to ensnare themselves in their implications. Two of these traps--dream interpretation and the concept of psychical reality--are examined.

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Published in:Critical inquiry 1993-04, Vol.19 (3), p.567-594
Main Authors: Rand, Nicholas, Torok, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childhood
Dream interpretation
Dreams
Fantasies
Fantasy
Freud, Sigmund
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
Freudian Psychology
Idioms
Memory
Neuroses
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Seduction
Symbolism
Theoretical Problems
Unconscious mind
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Summary:Sigmund Freud's most fully productive and genuinely original ideas also seem to ensnare themselves in their implications. Two of these traps--dream interpretation and the concept of psychical reality--are examined.
ISSN:0093-1896
1539-7858
DOI:10.1086/448686