Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire

Hans Eysenck (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2002
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7658-0945-2 (ISBN)

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Hans Eysenck was one of the best-known research psychologists of the twentieth century. Respected as a prolific author, he was unafraid to address controversial topics. In Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire, he places himself at the center of the debate on psychoanalytic theory, challenging the state of Freudian theory and modern-day psychoanalytic practice and questioning the premises on which psychoanalysis is based. In so doing, Eysenck illustrates the shortcomings of both psychoanalysis as a method of curing neurotic and psychotic behaviors, and of the theory of dreams and their interpretation. He also analyzes Freud's influence on anthropology and his alleged contributions to science.While books about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis abound, most have been written by followers and acolytes and are therefore uncritical, unaware of alternative theories, or written as weapons in a war of propaganda. Others are long and highly technical, and therefore valuable only to students and professionals. Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire, on the other hand, was written with the non-professional in mind, and is for those who wish to know what modern scholarship has discovered about the truth or falsity of Freudian doctrines.Graced with an incisive new preface by Sybil Eysenck exploring her husband's motivation for writing the book, Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire is an authoritative and convincing work that exposes the underlying contradictions in Freudian theory, as well as the limitations and errors of psychoanalysis.

Hans J. Eysenck (1916-1997), was professor of psychology at the University of London and the director of its psychological department at the Institute of Psychiatry. Among his many books are Rebel with a Cause, Dimensions of Personality, and Intelligence, all available from Transaction. Sybil B. G. Eysenck, wife of the late author, is co-director of Personality Investigations, Publications and Services (PIPS), an organization devoted to the promotion of the writings and research of Hans J. Eysenck. She is the co-author, with Hans Eysenck, of Psychoticism as a Dimension of Personality and Personality Structure and Measurement and the co-editor, with Donald Saklofske, of Individual Differences in Children and Adolescents, published by Transaction.

Freud the Man; Psychoanalysis as a Method of Treatment; Psychoanalytic Treatment and its Alternatives; Freud and the Development of the Child; The Interpretation of Dreams and the Psychopathology of Everyday Life; The Experimental Study of Freudian Concepts; Psycho-Babble and Pseudo-History; Rest in Peace: An Evaluation

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2002
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
ISBN-10	0-7658-0945-1 / 0765809451
ISBN-13	978-0-7658-0945-2 / 9780765809452
Zustand	Neuware