Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire

Hans Eysenck was one of the best-known research psychologists of the twentieth century

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.

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Hans Eysenck

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Hans Eysenck was one of the best-known research psychologists of the twentieth century

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Hans Eysenck was one of the best-known research psychologists of the twentieth century

Inhalt
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