The Future of an Illusion

The Future of an Illusion

by Sigmund Freud
The Future of an Illusion

The Future of an Illusion

by Sigmund Freud

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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 intersection of philosophy, psychology, religion, and culture.

Included in this volume is Oskar Pfister’s critical engagement with Freud’s views on religion. Pfister, a Swiss pastor and lay analyst, defends mature religion from Freud’s “scientism.” Freud’s and Pfister’s texts have been updated in Gregory C. Richter’s translations from the original German.


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ISBN-13: 9781420982374
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date: 05/08/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Todd Dufresne is Professor of Philosophy at Lakehead University & Visiting Professor (Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology) at the University of Toronto. He is the author of several books on Freud including Tales From the Freudian Crypt (Stanford UP).

Gregory C. Richter is Professor of German and Linguistics at Truman State University and the translator of many works from German and French. Dufresne and Richter have also collaborated on the Broadview Edition of Beyond the Pleasure Principle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction, Todd Dufresne
Sigmund Freud: A Brief Chronology
Translator’s Note, Gregory C. Richter

The Future of an Illusion

Appendix A: “The Illusion of a Future”: Oskar Pfister’s Response to Freud’s The Future of an Illusion

Appendix B: Other Works by Freud and Pfister on Religion

  1. Sigmund Freud, “Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices” (1907)
  2. From Sigmund Freud, Totem and Taboo (1913)
  3. From Sigmund Freud, “Scientific Interest in Psychoanalysis” (1913)
  4. From Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents (1930)
  5. From Sigmund Freud, Moses and Monotheism: Three Essays (1939)
  6. From Oskar Pfister, On the Psychology of Philosophical Thought (1923)

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