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Title: FREUD
THE MAKING OF AN ILLUSION
By: Frederick Crews
Format: Hardback

List price: £30.00


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ISBN 10: 1781257124
ISBN 13: 9781781257128
Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 31 August, 2017
Pages: 768
Translated from: English
Synopsis: From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator.Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential figures of western society. His ideas transformed the way that we think about our minds, our selves and even our thoughts. But while he was undeniably a visionary thinker, Freud's legend was also the work of years of careful mythologizing, and a fierce refusal to accept criticism or scrutiny of his often unprincipled methods. In Freud: The Making of an Illusion, Frederick Crews dismantles Freud's totemic reputation brick by brick. Looking at recently revealed correspondence, he examines Freud's own personality, his selfishness, competitiveness and willingness to cut corners and exploit weaknesses to get his own way. He explores Freud's whole-hearted embracing of cocaine as a therapeutic tool, and the role it played in his own career. And he interrogates Freud's intellectual legacy, exposing how many of his ideas and conclusions were purely speculative, or taken wholesale from others.As acidic as it is authoritative, this critique of the man behind the legend is compulsory reading for anyone interested in Freudianism.
Illustrations: 2 x 8pp b/w plates
Publication: UK
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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