Sobre os Sonhos

by Sigmund Freud

Um dos primeiros contributos de Sigmund Freud para a Psicologia e para a Psicoanálise foi A Interpretação dos Sonhos, publicado em 1900 e considerado a sua melhor obra - inclusivamente, pelo próprio Freud. Consciente, no entanto, de que se tratava de um livro extenso e difícil, resolveu compilar, numa versão mais concisa e acessível, as ideias que apresentou em A Interpretação dos Sonhos. É essa pequena obra que agora publicamos. Desde a sua publicação que gerações de leitores e estudantes a ela recorreram para ficarem com um relato coerente e autorizado da teoria de Freud sobre os sonhos enquanto realização de um desejo distorcido. Estudantes e psicólogos irão saudar esta edição de bolso de uma obra que não perde a actualidade da autoria do pai da Psicanálise moderna. Este livro destina-se também a todos aqueles que se interessam pelos sonhos, ou pelo funcionamento do inconsciente.

86 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Dr. Sigismund Freud (later changed to Sigmund) was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, who created an entirely new approach to the understanding of the human personality. He is regarded as one of the most influential—and controversial—minds of the 20th century.

In 1873, Freud began to study medicine at the University of Vienna. After graduating, he worked at the Vienna General Hospital. He collaborated with Josef Breuer in treating hysteria by the recall of painful experiences under hypnosis. In 1885, Freud went to Paris as a student of the neurologist Jean Charcot. On his return to Vienna the following year, Freud set up in private practice, specialising in nervous and brain disorders. The same year he married Martha Bernays, with whom he had six children.

Freud developed the theory that humans have an unconscious in which sexual and aggressive impulses are in perpetual conflict for supremacy with the defences against them. In 1897, he began an intensive analysis of himself. In 1900, his major work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' was published in which Freud analysed dreams in terms of unconscious desires and experiences.

In 1902, Freud was appointed Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Vienna, a post he held until 1938. Although the medical establishment disagreed with many of his theories, a group of pupils and followers began to gather around Freud. In 1910, the International Psychoanalytic Association was founded with Carl Jung, a close associate of Freud's, as the president. Jung later broke with Freud and developed his own theories.

After World War One, Freud spent less time in clinical observation and concentrated on the application of his theories to history, art, literature and anthropology. In 1923, he published 'The Ego and the Id', which suggested a new structural model of the mind, divided into the 'id, the 'ego' and the 'superego'.

In 1933, the Nazis publicly burnt a number of Freud's books. In 1938, shortly after the Nazis annexed Austria, Freud left Vienna for London with his wife and daughter Anna.

Freud had been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in 1923, and underwent more than 30 operations. He died of cancer on 23 September 1939.

Reviews

[Maria Júlia · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Esse livro resume bem o que algumas teorias de Freud são pra mim: 50% teorias interessantes e 50% interpretação à luz dos próprios achismos dele. De fato, a teoria do funcionamento dos sonhos traz pontos pertinentes, mas quando ele começa a analisar exemplos reais, a teoria cai num viés interpretativo - e que ele mesmo reconhece. Acho que quando se trata do inconsciente é difícil entender ao certo o que tudo significa, e, tendo em vista que não foi isso que ele se propôs a fazer nessa obra, é um bom livro.

[Diogo Miguel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's Freud. It's great.
What else is there to be said.

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lido em junho de 1976