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The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion
Author: Sigmund Freud
Freud's major statement concerning the role of religion and traditional beliefs in the development of the human personality and culture.
ISBN: 179429
Publication Date: 1964
Pages: 107
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Publisher: Anchor Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Freud's classic modernist text exposing religion as an illusion (a wish-fulfillment) within his own system of thought. Despite his arguments to the contrary, as full of assumptions and untestable theory as any other religious system, but an important milestone in cultural theory.
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Freud's best known and most emphatic psychoanalytic exploration of religion, is the culmination of a lifelong pattern of thinking.
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This book will help you understand Freud better! It's almost like a cliffsnotes on Freud. Not too hard to follow!