Freudian Fraud
Subtitle: The Malignant Effect of Freud’s Theory on American Thought and Culture
By: E. Fuller Torrey.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Influence; Psychoanalysis -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Nature and nurture -- History; Science and psychology -- History; Psychoanalysis -- United States -- History; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: From its beginnings as an exotic Freudian plant in the hot-houses of Greenwich Village, Freud's theory, stressing the importance of childhood experiences in determining personality development, gained increasing popularity throughout the twentieth century, eventually spreading to become an American cultural kudzu. What are the reasons for this country's overwhelming acceptance of a theory now known to have virtually no scientific basis?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-352) and index.