{"product_id":"the-future-of-an-illusion-9781554810659","title":"The Future of an Illusion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, declared that religion is a universal obsessional neurosis in his famous work of 1927, \u003cem\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This new edition and translation of Sigmund Freud’s \u003cem\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e has much to recommend it. The Introduction, in particular, is a gem of insightful analysis of the conflicting motives and logical inconsistencies that characterize Freud’s arguments in this controversial essay. In laying bare the contradictions inherent in this work, Dufresne brings a fresh and incisive understanding to a book that, despite well-justified skepticism about its scientific merits, remains a thought-provoking and quintessentially Freudian explication of religious belief.” — Frank J. Sulloway, University of California, Berkeley, and author of \u003cem\u003eFreud, Biologist of the Mind: Beyond the Psychoanalytic Legend\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBorn to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This new Broadview Press edition is a wonderful example of rigorous and imaginative scholarly collaboration. Gregory Richter provides a lucid and lively translation, and some searching reflections on the problems of translation, while Todd Dufresne contextualizes Freud’s puzzling, late life assault on organized religion, and his equivocal embrace of Enlightenment positivism. Oskar Pfister, one of the book’s earliest and most cogent critics, is also discussed with admirable clarity and charm. Bravo!” — Daniel Burston, Duquesne University, and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Legacy of Erich Fromm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gregory C. Richter’s fluent new translation shows one of Freud’s most popular books to be as clear, colloquial, and compelling as anything else by the master of psychoanalysis, and Todd Dufresne’s entertaining introduction makes a good case for its surprising contemporary relevance, in spite of its often puzzling arguments.” — Thomas Kemple, University of British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \u003cem\u003eTodd Dufresne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigmund Freud: A Brief Chronology\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Note, \u003cem\u003eGregory C. Richter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: “The Illusion of a Future”: Oskar Pfister’s Response to Freud’s \u003cem\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Other Works by Freud and Pfister on Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigmund Freud, “Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices” (1907)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Sigmund Freud, \u003cem\u003eTotem and Taboo\u003c\/em\u003e (1913)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Sigmund Freud, “Scientific Interest in Psychoanalysis” (1913)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Sigmund Freud, \u003cem\u003eCivilization and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e (1930)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Sigmund Freud, \u003cem\u003eMoses and Monotheism: Three Essays\u003c\/em\u003e (1939)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Oskar Pfister, \u003cem\u003eOn the Psychology of Philosophical Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (1923)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041310835031,"sku":"9781554810659","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554810659.jpg?v=1750949761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-future-of-an-illusion-9781554810659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}