Conflict And Dream - W H R Rivers

This Is Volume Xxv Of Twenty-eight In A Collection On Psychoanalysis. Originally Published In 1932, The Aim Of This Book Is To Give A Sane Interpretation Of The Significance Of Dreams Based Upon A Thorough Investigation Of The Incidents Of Each Dream Recorded And Of The Circumstances Under Which It Occurred. Dr Rivers Especially Calls Attention ( A ) To The Inadequacy Of Freuds Theory Of Wish-fulfilment As An Explanation Of Dreams; ( B ) To The Exaggerated Importance Assigned By The Psycho-analytic School To Incidents In The Dreamers Early Life To The Neglect Of Recent Conflicts, Which He Regards As More Important As Causal Agents; And ( C ) Especially To The Fallacies Of Freudian Interpretations Of Symbolism, And Particularly Of Sexual Motives And Symbols, Which Have Been Responsible For Most Of The Opposition To Freuds Teaching.