Freud: The Assault On Truth: Freud's Suppression Of The Seduction Theory
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Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Price Clipped. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing visible on page edges. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, book opens flat as shown. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work in the history of psychoanalysis, this controversial non-fiction study argues that Sigmund Freud deliberately suppressed and abandoned his seduction theory — the groundbreaking hypothesis that hysteria and neurosis in his patients were rooted in real childhood sexual abuse. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a trained psychoanalyst and former Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, draws on unpublished letters, manuscripts, and archival documents to build a meticulous and damning case against Freud's intellectual integrity. Written with the precision of a scholar and the urgency of a whistleblower, the book uncovers how Freud's retreat from the seduction theory left generations of abuse survivors unheard and unvalidated by the very discipline meant to help them. The work ignited fierce debate across the psychiatric and academic communities upon its publication, and remains one of the most provocative challenges to Freudian orthodoxy ever written.
Author: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Faber and Faber
Genre: Psychology
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Price Clipped. Page Condition: Good, slight yellowing visible on page edges. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, book opens flat as shown. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A landmark work in the history of psychoanalysis, this controversial non-fiction study argues that Sigmund Freud deliberately suppressed and abandoned his seduction theory — the groundbreaking hypothesis that hysteria and neurosis in his patients were rooted in real childhood sexual abuse. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a trained psychoanalyst and former Projects Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, draws on unpublished letters, manuscripts, and archival documents to build a meticulous and damning case against Freud's intellectual integrity. Written with the precision of a scholar and the urgency of a whistleblower, the book uncovers how Freud's retreat from the seduction theory left generations of abuse survivors unheard and unvalidated by the very discipline meant to help them. The work ignited fierce debate across the psychiatric and academic communities upon its publication, and remains one of the most provocative challenges to Freudian orthodoxy ever written.