Freud and His Critics
Freud & His Critics
Product Details
Book Publisher: University of California Press (26 March, 1993)
ISBN: 0520080297
Book author: Paul Robinson
Book Description:
Wars against Freud have been waged along virtually every front during the past decade. Now Paul Robinson takes on three of Freud’s most formidable critics, mounting a thoughtful, witty, & ultimately devastating critique of the historian of science Frank Sulloway, the psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson, & the philosopher Adolf Grünbaum.
Frank Sulloway contends that Freud took most of his ideas from Darwin & other contemporary thinkers-that he was something of a closet biologist. Jeffrey Masson charges that Freud caved in into peer pressure when he abandoned his early seduction theory (which Masson believes was correct) in favor of the theory of infantile sexuality. Adolf Grünbaum impugns Freud’s claim into have grounded his ideas-especially the idea of the unconscious-on solid empirical foundations.
Under Robinson’s rigorous cross-examination, the evidence of these three accusers proves ambiguous & their arguments biased by underlying assumptions & ideological commitments. Robinson concludes that the anti-Freudian writings of Sulloway, Masson, & Grünbaum reveal more about their authors’ prejudices-and about the Zeitgeist of the past decade-than they do about Freud.
Beautifully crafted & full of surprises, Robinson’s work is a compelling defense of one of history’s most original & powerful minds. Freud & His Critics will earn an enduring place in the raging Freudian debate. rapidshare
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