LoginThe Forgotten Language: An Introduction to the Understanding of Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Myths
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Fromm believes that the understanding of dreams 'is important for every person who wants to be in touch with himself, … the understanding of symbolic language should be taught in our high schools and colleges just as other foreign languages are part of their curriculum, … symbolic language is the one foreign language that each of us must learn'. The aim of this book is to teach this language as Fromm understands it.
In his highly charged fight against authority, Fromm simplifies Freud's concepts of the dream according to which dreams are only expressions of irrational primitive strivings. But Fromm assumes 'that we are not
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Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company
Release date: 1 October 1976
ISBN-10 : 0030184363 | ISBN-13: 9780030184369
Release date: 1 October 1976
ISBN-10 : 0030184363 | ISBN-13: 9780030184369
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