Introducing the Freud Wars: A Graphic Guide

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Compact INTRODUCING guide on the debates surrounding psychoanalysis's most contested figure. Freud is universally recognised as a pivotal figure in modern culture. Yet the man and his work continually attract scandal, outrage and scientific suspicion. Was he a psychological genius or a peddler of humbug? Despite his atheism, did he invent a new religious cult? Is he to blame for disguising the prevalence of sexual abuse? Is there an Oedipus Complex? Was he a drug addict? A wittily illustrated glimpse behind the demonised myths to the heart of a red-hot debate. Title Page Copyright Contents Freud’s Origins A 20th-Century Landmark Contradictory Accusations The Death of Psychoanalysis Did Freud Invent the Unconscious? Strange Friendship The Genital Nose The Case of Emma Eckstein A Surgical Botch Bleeding From Hysteria Did Freud Attempt Murder? Was Freud a Drug Addict? The Heavy Smoker Problems with the Libido Theory The Conflict with Jung Is There a Death Instinct? The Anxiety of Play Our Own Worst Enemies Life in Co-operation with Death Is it True Biology? Freud’s Idea of Aggression Criticism of Freud’s Views A Diagnosis of Hysteria Anything But Hysteria What is Truthful Science? Science or Religion? Scientific Empiricism, Realism, Determinism Fairy Tales and Scientific Theories Symbol Formation Arbitrary or Motivated? Freud’s Theory of Symbolism A Universal Pool of Symbols An Unscientific Theory of Symbolism Dream Interpretation Wish-Fulfilment in Dreams Irma’s Injection: Recorded 23/24 July 1895 Sexual Undertones Truth or Self-Deception? A Scientific Theory of Symbolism Objections to “Dream Meaning” Identifying the Dream-Work Is Meaning Imposed on Dream? What is “Transference Love”? The Dora Case Dora Sees Clearly… Dora’s Dream Fire and Smoke Does it “All Fit”? Transference and Unconscious Conflict The Common Fact of Transference Anatomist of Love At the Wheel… Psychoanalytic Knowledge Today How to Discredit Psychoanalysis? What Unconscious? Why is Psychoanalysis Controversial? The “Seduction Theory” The Return to Memory True or False Memories? Infantile Sexual Fantasy All Pervert Fathers? The Fantasy Factor Did Freud Suppress Evidence? Did Freud Cover Up For Abusive Fathers? Beyond Sexual Abuse Self-Analysis and Sexual Fantasy In the Looking-Glass Freud’s Dream Freud’s Analysis of His Dream Early Sexual Trauma The Process of Internalization Identification and Fantasy Against the Oedipus Complex Valentine’s Experiments Experiment in Simple Curiosity Evidence of the Oedipus Complex Stevenson’s Dream Oedipus in the Trobriand Islands Complexity of the Oedipus Complex The Problem of Gender Identity The Making of Masculinity Castration Anxiety The Super-Ego And Femininity… ? What is Femininity? The Female Response to Castration Anxiety A Prejudicial View of Women Breast-Envy Early Origin of the Super-Ego Freud’s Views on Homosexuality Homophobia and Latent Homosexuality Freud’s Support For Homosexuals Freud and God A Form of Worship Further Reading Index