num_pages: 178
description: "Wonderfully contrived ....a triumph of that false-memory syndrome called contemporary fiction."― New York Times Book Review In an inventive blending of "comic energy and intellectual muscle" ( The New Yorker ), Israel Rosenfield serves up for our scrutiny and sheer delight Freud's long-lost last "manuscript," which reveals a Freud who in reflecting upon his life's work realizes that he has gotten it all wrong! A victim of his own self-delusion, Freud goes about setting the record straight with a preposterously seductive new theory of human behavior: it is not drives that motivate us, but rather our boundless capacity to deceive ourselves. Such are the explosive contents of his last manuscript, Megalomania. Its discovery years later prompts a postmortem that effectively puts the icon to rest, resurrects the man, and exposes the naiveté of Freud's disciples and the megalomaniacal tendencies of his detractors. This "wise and witty" ( Boston Sunday Globe ) intellectual spoof delivers a surprising twist on history and a playful challenge to today's enduring Freud debate.
language: English
title: Freud's Megalomania: A Novel
titlecomplete: Freud's Megalomania: A Novel
ratings_count: 26
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company