Final Analysis: The Making and Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst

Jeffrey Masson

ISBN 10: 0006375820 / ISBN 13: 9780006375821

Published by Flamingo, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Final Analysis: The Making and Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006375820
• ISBN 13: 9780006375821
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 170 grams

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Synopsis

He was the rising star of psychoanalysis, an intimate associate of Anna Freud & Kurt Eissler, a member of the Freudian inner circle with unrestricted access to the Freud Archives. Then Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson threw it all away because he dared to break the psychoanalytic community’s deepest he told the truth in public. As he unmasks the pretensions & abuses of this elite profession, he invites us to eavesdrop on the shockingly unorthodox analysis he was subjected to in the course of his analytic training. But the more prestige he attained, the more he came to doubt not only the integrity of his colleagues, but the validity of their method. In the end, he blew the whistle–fully aware of the personal & professional consequences.With wit, wonder & unflinching candor, Masson brilliantly exposes the cult of psychoanalysis & recounts his own self-propelled fall from grace. A sensation when it 1st appeared, Final Analysis is even more provocative & engrossing today. Written with passion & humor, this is the book that revealed a revered profession for what it was, launching Masson on his true career.