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lyg004's review against another edition
focused on the three essays for uni. not sure i understood a lot of it and some parts were ridiculous, but i’ll definitely be coming back to the rest to re-read with more attention.
thatonewhoreads's review against another edition
3.0
The psychology of love is very heavy at times to understand, this is my main my point I take away from this book. Dora and her dream really didn’t interest me but the other parts of the book, were so intriguing to read about. It’s a book where you have to push through at times to get to stuff that can be interesting is the only negative.
misha_devi's review against another edition
2.0
really interesting and well written but had to take stars off for misogyny, colonialist mentality, and general ridiculous-ness hahaha
marta97's review against another edition
2.0
I respect Papa Freud, but it's kind of obvious that his theories come from his experience (or lack of), if you have read about him, like I had because of my course - history of modern psychology - you'd know that he wasn't the luckiest pal in the sexual department (no judgment here). He had quite the obsession with sexuality and while some of his theories have been demonstrated, most of them don't have any scientific base. I'm a skeptic when it comes to the psychosexual development stages, the Oedip complex and his symbols when it comes to dream interpretation. I do believe that dreams have meaning and that they can be symbols, but not universal ones. I believe dreams are deeply rooted in the individual's experience and Freud's symbols (a person being bathed = giving birth, birds or anything sharp = male genitalia) are too far-fetched for me.
Edit #1 : I can't believe I forgot about the 'amazing' penis envy... I never rolled my eyes so badly ever. My dear, the only times women want to be men are the following :
1) while having a painful period (and maybe during childbirth, though I couldn't tell);
2) when they receive a lower salary even though they worked as hard as their male co-workers and other situations that happen because of misogyny.
The rest of the times, we're pretty satisfied with who we are. Thank you for concern.
Edit #1 : I can't believe I forgot about the 'amazing' penis envy... I never rolled my eyes so badly ever. My dear, the only times women want to be men are the following :
1) while having a painful period (and maybe during childbirth, though I couldn't tell);
2) when they receive a lower salary even though they worked as hard as their male co-workers and other situations that happen because of misogyny.
The rest of the times, we're pretty satisfied with who we are. Thank you for concern.
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