Seductive Mirage: An Exploration of the Work of Sigmund Freud
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Book jacket/back: Although it is now widely held that the scientific basis for Sigmund Freud's theories is decidedly wobby, and his surmises often appear woefully incomplete at best, there yet remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812692314
ISBN13:9780812692310
Release Date:December 1998
Publisher:Open Court
Length:270 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Penetrating Analysis
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Sigmund Freud was a man of integrity. His theories were scientifically arrived at, based on a large sample. He dispassionately observed his patients, reporting in his books and articles their deepest fears and hopes. He significantly helped many of them overcome their psychological problems. All of the above statements would likely be endorsed by most thoughtful individuals having a cursory acquaintance with Freud's profound impact on 20th-century thought. Unless they have read Seductive Mirage. In an engrossing, meticulous, penetrating analysis, Allen Esterson convincingly puts the lie to each of the above statements. He leaves no shadow of doubt that Freud was a charlatan and was a genius at it. After briefly being enamored with Freud in college, over the years I have come to be quite skeptical of the veracity of psychoanalysis. However, reading Esterson's scholarly tome has led me to appreciate the breadth and depth to which Freudianism is a fraud perpetrated on Western civilization. Reading Seductive Mirage was a wonderful education, one which I highly recommend to anyone with the slightest curiosity about the intellectual forces shaping our world.
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