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The classic teachings of Freud's psychoanalysis, such as the Freudian slip, symbolic dream interpretation, and female masochism, are reviewed and challenged in order to demonstrate the flaws of these psychological theories
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Frederick Crews became a well-known critic of Freud with his previous book The Memory Wars. It was a brilliant piece of work: Crews not only knows his stuff, he's a very angry man with a mind like a serrated razorblade. No compromise position here: Freud is totally dishonest, according to Crews, and his theories are a worthless sham--but the really bad news (as set forth in Crews's analysis of...
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Here are 20 rigorous essays that mount a formidable critique of mainstream Freudian theory and practice, and of Freud's major cases. Whereas Freud fostered the idea of solitary, heroic discovery through his self-analysis, in reality, the authors contend, he taught his followers to replace the empirical attitude with blind loyalty and censorship, instilling in them a negative, quasi-paranoid view of rival theorists and clinicians. The contributors?among them...
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0140280170
- ISBN 13 9780140280173
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
- EditorCrews Frederick
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