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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780842803321

Autore

Langs Robert <1928-2014.>

Titolo

Freud on a precipice [[electronic resource] ] : how Freud's fate pushed psychoanalysis over the edge / / Robert Langs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Jason Aronson, 2010

ISBN

1-282-48012-X

9786612480126

0-7657-0721-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

150.19/52092

150.1952092

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter One Is Freud to be Trusted?; Chapter Two Paradigms and Archetypes; Chapter Three A Tale of Two Paradigms; Chapter Four The Descendants of Freud's Two Paradigms; Chapter Five Freud in Conflict; Chapter Six Psychoanalytic Detective Work; Chapter Seven Freud's Early Traumas; Chapter Eight The Ultimate Trauma; A Personal Note; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Freud on a Precipice is an exploration of eight likely early-life traumas experienced by Sigmund Freud and an effort to show how their unconscious processing adversely affected the psychoanalytic theory he forged beginning in the late 1890's. Using a new method to decode key narratives in Freud's opus, Langs makes a compelling argument for the probability that Freud was never sure of the identity of his biological father. The book also offers a fresh study of paradigms, paradigm shifts, and archetypes.