Psychoanalytic Classic Series - On Religion

Author: Sigmund Freud
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Psychoanalytic theory was established by Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and psychologist, in the early 20th century. Freud initially conducted his research as a neurologist and psychiatrist. His main subjects were hysterical patients. He discovered that the root cause of hysteria was not primarily physiological but rather stemmed from deep-seated psychological factors. He attributed these internal psychological factors to repressed sexual consciousness during childhood and thereby established the "theory of unconscious instinct," believing that the onset of neurosis was the result of the long-term repression of sexual consciousness eventually exploding. Freud summarized his findings into a completely new and highly innovative psychological theory, which he comprehensively promoted across fields such as philosophy, society, religion, and culture, forming a vast ideological system.