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Book SynopsisAgainst Freud is a highly accessible, informative, and entertaining examination of Freud's controversial ideas and legacy by the world's most knowledgeable critics of psychoanalysis.
Trade Review"Todd Dufresne is the leading student of the Freud Wars of recent vintage. In his fascinating new book he assembles interviews with some of the leading Warriors, among them Frank Sulloway, Frederick Crews, and Edward Shorter. Dufresne himself is a Freud revisionist, but a judicious and learned one." -- Paul Robinson * Stanford University *
"A great deal of fascinating material is presented, little known outside the ranks of specialists." --
Metapsychology"This is a fascinating work. Dufresne has taken a complex problem of great importance to contemporary culture and made it into a highly accessible volume that holds the reader's interest throughout." -- Joel Paris * McGill University *
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Against Freud makes a valuable contribution to contemporary scholarship by articulating the "revisionist" reading of psychoanalysis in an easily accessible volume." --
H-GermanTable of ContentsContents Preface xxx Introduction: The Revised Life and Work of Sigmund Freud 1 1. "The Man Who Was Analyzed by Freud": Joseph Wortis on Freud, Freudians, and Social Justice 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 2. An American Woman in Freud's Vienna: Esther Menaker on Freudianism and Her Analysis with Anna Freud 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 3. Edward Shorter's Deflections on Medicine, History, and Psychoanalysis 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 4. Psychoanalysis and Pseudoscience: Frank J. Sulloway Revisits Freud and His Legacy 000 Interviewed by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen 5. Truth, Science, and the Failures of Psychoanalysis: Frederick Crews Reveals Why He Became a Freud Skeptic 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 6. Freud and Interpretation: Frank Cioffi and Allen Esterson Discuss Freud's Legacy 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 7. Schreber, Seduction, and Scholarship: Han Isra'ls on Idiots, Lunatics, and the Psychopathology of Freud Scholars 000 Interviewed by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and Sonu Shamdasani 8. Suggestion, Hypnosis, and the Critique of Psychoanalysis: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen's "Return to Delboeuf" 000 Interviewed by Todd Dufresne 9. Freud, Parasites, and the "Culture of Banality": Todd Dufresne Speaks of Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Theory 000 Interviewed by Antonio Greco Suggested Readings 000 References 000 Index 000
