Rachel Blass – The Meaning Of The Dream In Psychoanalysis

Summary

This book provides scientific and philosophical support for the Freudian belief that dreams have meaning and can be understood through dream interpretation.

The Freudian claims that dreams have meaning and can be interpreted through dream interpretation have been criticized by both scientific and hermeneutical authorities in recent years.-Psychoanalytic circles. In A forceful response to these criticisms Rachel Blass demonstrates that while Freud and his followers have thus far failed to provide adequate justification for his dream theory, such justification may now be found through an alternate and legitimate—yet neglected—route, one that establishes both scientifically and philosophically the relationship between the self of the dreamer and that of the awake individual. The These implications are both theoretical and practical. This book provides an essential scientific and philosophical foundation to dream interpretation.

“…[this] thought-provoking and beautifully laid out book has deep-seated implications for psychodynamic scholars.” — Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

“This is the most thorough and persuasive exploration of the epistemology of dream interpretation within psychoanalysis that has ever appeared. Overall, the depth and sophistication of the scholarship, thoughtfulness, and ultimate philosophical, research, and clinical implications of the work make this a landmark book.” — Bennett Simon, Harvard Medical School and The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

“The critique of Freud is the best I’ve seen, and the careful construction of the argument supporting the meaningfulness of dreams is excellent. The book demands to be inserted into the current field of methodological controversy swirling around psychoanalysis.” — William Meissner, S. J., Boston College

Rachel B. Blass Is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Context: Conceptual Clarification & Previous Research

2. Freud’s Justification of His Dream Theory The Interpretation of Dreams

3. Can Psychoanalytic Principles be applied to the Treatment of Depression? Dream Be Validated?

4. The latest developments Dream Theory and Its Justification After Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams

5. The “Experiential Quality of Meaningfulness”the Overcoming of the Obstacles to the Holistic Justification Dream Theory

6. Conclusions

Notes

References

Index