Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis

Webster, Richard

ISBN 10: 0002555689 / ISBN 13: 9780002555685

Published by Basic Books, 1995

About this Item

The flawed background to Freud's thought on sin,science and psychoanalysis. Original owners name on first page.Very small nick on top front right D/J.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002555689
• ISBN 13: 9780002555685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: None
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

Were Freud’s cures essential religious doctrines in disguise? Were his observations and conclusions heavily influenced by charismatic theorists of his day? In this engrossing new study of Sigmund Freud's life and work, Richard Webster has set out to provide a clear answer to the controversies that have raged for a century around one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. By tracing Freud's essentially religious personality to his childhood, Webster shows how the founder of psychoanalysis allowed his messianic dreams to shape the ”science” he created and to lead him ever deeper into a labyrinth of medical error. Book is in as new condition; appears unread; pages are crisp; book is tight; dj not price clipped; minimal edgewear on dj; 673 pages not including table of contents or note to reader dj encased in acid free Brodart book protector; images will be provided upon request;

About the Author

Richard Webster, the author of A Brief History of Blasphemy, studied English literature at the University of East Anglia, where he has also taught. His articles and reviews have appeared in Critical Quarterly, The Observer, the Times Literary Supplement, and many other journals. He lives in Suffolk, England.