The Analysis of Dreams

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The Analysis of Dreams is a seminal work by Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss that presents an existential-phenomenological approach to understanding and interpreting dreams.

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instanceOf book
dream analysis book
non-fiction book
psychiatry book
psychology book
aimsTo clarify the meaning of dreams for the dreamer’s existence
author Medard Boss NERFINISHED
authorNationality Swiss
describes Daseinsanalytic method of dream interpretation
existential-phenomenological approach to dreams
emphasizes description over symbolic interpretation
dreams as modes of being-in-the-world
the lived experience of the dreamer
field clinical psychology
psychiatry
psychotherapy
focusesOn context of the dreamer’s life-world
therapeutic dialogue about dreams
genre existential-phenomenological psychology
phenomenological psychiatry
hasKeyConcept being-in-the-world
life-world
openness to phenomena
hasPerspective anti-symbolic dream interpretation
non-reductive view of dreams
influencedBy Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED
existential philosophy
phenomenology
psychoanalysis
language English
German
mainSubject Daseinsanalysis NERFINISHED
dream interpretation
dreams
existential analysis
phenomenology
opposes classical Freudian dream theory
originalLanguage German
rejects universal dream symbolism
relatedTo Daseinsanalysis NERFINISHED
existential analysis of neurosis
phenomenological method in psychiatry
targetAudience clinicians
psychiatrists
psychotherapists
students of psychology
usedIn Daseinsanalytic psychotherapy
existential psychotherapy

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Medard Boss notableWork The Analysis of Dreams