Sigmund Freud
The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion
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Freud's psychoanalysis of religion reveals that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to maintain an orderly society. Religion is a set of false beliefs based on human desires, manifesting as a God-like father figure to a helpless child. Civilization can only be redeemed through new constructions of existence and ideas motivated by science.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 64 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2023
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Freud's psychoanalysis of religion is a culmination of a lifelong thought pattern that began in the early eighteenth century. He examines human nature and the role of religion in society, asserting that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to maintain an orderly society. Religion, viewed as a set of false beliefs based on human desires, manifests as a God-like father figure to a helpless child, whose survival is dependent upon delusional beliefs for independence, security, and incentives for good behavior. Freud declares religion and science as mortal enemies and concludes that civilization can only be redeemed through new constructions of existence and ideas motivated by science.
Weight: 58g
Dimension: 202 x 127 x 4 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780486851075
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