Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory

ISBN: 0394710363

Author: Bettelheim, Bruno

Condition: New

Has Sigmund Freud been seriously misunderstood? The author of The Uses of Enchantment argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended to cooperate flexibly with individual needs as a set of rigid rules to be applied by external authority. This provocative argument cuts through the myths to reveal a greater, more compassoinate and also far more disturbing figure."VITAL...an eloquent attempt to reclaim Freud's reputation in America." -THE NEW YORK TIMES"Lucid and provocative." -THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW

• Religion | Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freud | Psychiatry | Psychology