Shrinking history : on Freud and the failure of psychohistory / David E. Stannard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stannard, David E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychohistory.

History--Methodology.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies the burgeoning field of psychohistory - from Freud, its primogenitor, to its present-day academic practitioners - and argues that little, if any, psychohistory is good history. The author points out the pitfalls, sheer irrationality, and ultimately a historical nature of this mode of historical inquiry.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Lessons of Leonardo; The Problem of Therapy; The Problem of Logic; The Problem of Theory; The Problem of Culture; The Failure of Psychohistory; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-60511-1

0-19-536537-2

OCLC:

609832317