Freud's foes : psychoanalysis, science, and resistance / Kurt Jacobsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsen, Kurt, 1949-

Series:

Polemics (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)

Polemics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis--History.

Psychoanalysis.

History.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Physical Description:

vii, 187 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]

Summary:

Freud's Foes, the latest title in the Polemics series, addresses Freud's fiercest contemporary critics. Kurt Jacobsen defends psychoanalysis, while accepting that-like every other paradigm ever conceived-it has some inherent flaws. He argues that although today's "foes" pose as daring savants, they are only the latest wave of critics that psychoanalysis has encountered since its controversial birth, and he challenges their cherished arguments.

Contents:

Science and the psyche

Birth pangs

Psychoanalysis versus cultural lesions

Medicine men and invisible wounds

Biological veneers and corporate elixirs

Short cuts to tall tales.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780742522633

0742522636

9780742566347

074256634X

OCLC:

318057750