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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... Read Full Overview

Reprint of the 1928 edition. The Future of an Illusion is a book written by Sigmund Freud in 1927. It describes his interpretation of religion's origins, development, psychoanalysis, and its future. Freud describes religion as an illusion, as one of the wishes that are the "fulfillments... Read Full Overview

In The Future of an Illusion, Freud's psychoanalysis of religion is the culmination of a lifelong thought pattern. Freud examines human nature and the role of religion in society, proclaiming that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to... Read Full Overview

In what is considered one of his greatest contributions to psychology, Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud describes his perspectives on the development and origins of religion?-religion as an illusion, wishes that are the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent... Read Full Overview

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, declared that religion is a universal obsessional neurosis in his famous work of 1927, The Future of an Illusion. This work provoked immediate controversy and has continued to be an important reference for anyone interested in the... Read Full Overview

En qu consiste el singular valor de las ideas religiosas? Cu l es la significaci n psicol gica de las representaciones religiosas ? Con estas preguntas, Freud nos ofrece un an lisis cr tico de la relaci n entre la religi n y la cultura.

In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosopher, 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... Read Full Overview

Reprint of the 1928 edition. The Future of an Illusion is a book written by Sigmund Freud in 1927. It describes his interpretation of religion's origins, development, psychoanalysis, and its future. Freud describes religion as an illusion, as one of the wishes that are the "fulfillments... Read Full Overview

Die Zukunft einer Illusion ist eine 1927 erschienene Schrift von Sigmund Freud. Sie gilt als sein Hauptwerk ber die Religion, als zeitgen ssisches soziales Ph nomen betrachtet. Grundlage der Religion ist f r Freud die menschliche Hilflosigkeit. Eine infantile Reaktion hierauf... Read Full Overview

El porvenir de una ilusi n (Die Zukunft einer Illusion) es un libro escrito en 1927 por Sigmund Freud. En l describe su interpretaci n sobre los or genes, desarrollo y psicoan lisis de la religi n as como su futuro. Freud ve a la religi n como un falso sistema de creencias... Read Full Overview

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, Freud's best known and most...

Freud no est lejos de hacer suyas las palabras de Marx: "La religi n es el opio de los pueblos". Es l cito, dice, "igualar el efecto de los consuelos religiosos a los de un narc tico". Las religiones alimentan una ilusi n: todo lo que est bien terminar bien, todo lo que est... Read Full Overview

In what is considered one of his greatest contributions to psychology, Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud describes his perspectives on the development and origins of religion?-religion as an illusion, wishes that are the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent... Read Full Overview

In The Future of an Illusion, Freud's psychoanalysis of religion is the culmination of a lifelong thought pattern. Freud examines human nature and the role of religion in society, proclaiming that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to... Read Full Overview