The Freud Files
| Author | : Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 415 |
| Release | : 2011-11-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781139504133 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1139504134 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Freud Files by : Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen
Download or read book The Freud Files written by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? This book reconstructs the early controversies surrounding psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, the Freudians rescripted history. This was not incidental, but formed the core of psychoanalytic theory. The Freud Files reveals how psychoanalysis is vulnerable to its past.
