The future of an illusion
By: Sigmund Freud ; translated by W. D. Robson-Scott.
Series: The International psycho-analytical library ;; no. 15
Publisher: H. Liveright
Published: 1928
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Psychoanalysis.
Description: 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 wishes of mankind." He goes on to explain and illustrate, "what is characteristic of illusions is that they are derived from human wishes."
Notes: Translation of Die Zukunft einer Illusion.