Decline And Fall of the Freudian Empire - Softcover

Eysenck, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140136851 ISBN 13: 9780140136852

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

Freud's ideas have influenced almost every aspect of our lives, but have they been confirmed by experimental science? Did Freud say anything that was new or true? Has his influence been good or malign? To answer those questions, the author draws on his knowledge of recent psychological research and produces evidence indicating that we should now dismiss psychoanalysis as a pseudo-science. He explores the heroic myths Freud created about his own originality and the hostility he encountered - myths repeated to this day by credulous disciples. He argues that psychoanalysis, unlike behavioural therapy, is unsuccessful at curing neurotic patients and that Freudian theories about dream interpretation and the Oedipus complex, anal personalities and slips of the tongue, are, at best implausible.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Eysenck (1916-1997) was a prolific psychologist who is best known for his work on intelligence and personality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140136851
• ISBN 13: 9780140136852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224