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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “The Interpretation of Dream (in this case the eighth and last edition published in 1930), a theory on the possible meaning and construction of dreams written by Sigmund Freud early in 1899, is the first psychological/philosophical book I've read, and it is most definitely the most difficult book...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Written with scientific denseness, but lacks scientific rigor or clarity. Can be tedious, vague and confusing. Freud will say he's going to do something (like not use personal examples) only to forget he said that and do it anyway. Or he'll acknowledge the flaw with his approach and then do...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“L'interpretazione dei sogni (Italian Edition)”
Alessandra Forno wrote this review Tuesday, January 22, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Written with scientific denseness, but lacks scientific rigor or clarity. Can be tedious, vague and confusing. Freud will say he's going to do something (like not use personal examples) only to forget he said that and do it anyway. Or he'll acknowledge the flaw with his approach and then do nothing to correct it (which is better than not admitting it, I guess). For example, he uses his patients, "neurotics", for analysis and comments on how how that makes his conclusions not drawn from a representative sample. But that comment is where it stops, there's no correction or real analysis on how that impacted his conclusions.
Alexia W wrote this review Monday, November 5, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Or he'll start out with a clear sentence and then explain it until it descends into an illogical jumble. Or he'll refer to something not obvious as something obvious. Or he'll say there's numerous instances of something and then not list them. I could go on. He gives too many examples, belabors the points he does end up making, references confusing German word play...
I'm not going to make the same mistake as Frued. I'm going to stop talking once my point is made. And I think it's made.”
“I quit. I just couldn't do it. This was SUCH a drag to read. I kept trying to encourage myself to do it, but I finally just couldn't anymore. I wasn't getting anything out of it except to try to hit a page goal for the day. Despite my love of psychology, I found this TEDIOUS.”
Elise M wrote this review Thursday, August 18, 2011. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“fails to get into my brain... :(”
Amal Biswas wrote this review Friday, August 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I like the book, but the interpretations it brings out in others is a gross deviance from what I feel Freud's intentions were.”
Thomas Lapinski wrote this review Thursday, June 30, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Interesting yet somewhat strange...”
Edge Z wrote this review Sunday, April 24, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Essential reading”
KAY W wrote this review Sunday, February 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Freud gave a remarkably contemporary, cognitive account of dreams; although Freud was a physiologist (more medical doctor than psychologist), his account of dreams, their origin and meaning, focuses more on subjective awareness and qualia (the subjective contents of the mind/conscious experience) than most of his peers. Except William James, Freud may have had as much influence on the development of scientific psychology in North America as anyone. He recognized the necessary connection between mind and brain, but because neuroscience was still in its infancy, this book speculates far beyond what was then known about the neural foundations of experience. Many of Freud's ideas are still reflected in several recent accounts of the neural origin & psychological meaning of dreams.”
Jay wrote this review Sunday, January 23, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Interpretation of Dreams is the first book written with the purpose to explain how the uncoscience mind works. It was written by a psychoanalist named Simmund Freud, who devoted his lifes work to explaining how and why we behave and act the way we do through the unconscience mind. I really enjoyed the book because when you're reading it, you feel like everything you thought about who you are as a person is flipped. The book is so thought provoking its insane. Even if you dont agree with half the things he explains, you are still just interested in what he has to say.”
Vincent S wrote this review Wednesday, January 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
