Freud on a precipice

Freud on a precipice: how Freud's fate pushed psychoanalysis over the edge

by Langs, Robert

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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 arc…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Freud on a precipice : how Freud's fate pushed psychoanalysis over the edge / Robert Langs.

Summary

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:c2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Jason Aronson
  • Place of Publication:Lanham
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:c2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xi, 197 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780765707215, 9786612480126, 6612480122, 0765707217
  • oclc:ocn659549747
  • LC Classification:BF109.F74
  • Dewey Decimal:150.19/52092

Table of Contents

Is Freud to be trusted? -- Paradigms and archetypes -- A tale of two paradigms -- The descendants of Freud's two paradigms -- Freud in conflict -- Psychoanalytic detective work -- Freud's early traumas -- The ultimate trauma.

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