Freud: The Making of an Illusion (Hardcover)

from hardlyhardy

"It is this passion for the sharp edges of truth that makes Freud a hero." - Alfred Kazin, "Sigmund Freud, 1856-1956: Portrait of a Hero," "Contemporaries" When literary critic Alfred Kazin wrote about "The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud" by Ernest Jones in 1956, words like truth and hero were n...

from dbsovereign

This is a fascinating and very readable exploration of a man and the myths that surround him. Crews' access to documents newly available from the Library of Congress puts this book in a realm beyond mere "Freud bashing." Central to Crews' thesis is that Freud desperately sought fame and fortune, ...

from happysadnick

Mr. Frederick Crews has published a very refreshing outlook on the very celebrated Sigmund Freud. There are far too few books that criticize Freud, and he rightfully deserves strong criticism for the amount of deceptiveness associated with his work. Not only did Freud suffer from self-importance ...

from knightlight777

For me this book was one of those to be glad I was finished with. Not glad I read it, glad I was finished and persevered. Slogging through the six hundred plus pages was an exercise in psychological will. Having said that I will admit the book had merit in exposing Dr. Freud for all his various m...

from ritaer

It is clear that exhaustive and exhausting are very close to being synonyms. At first I did not understand why Crews was probing Freud's earliest years rather than concentrating on the period in which he formulated his theories. But after completing the book it is clear that Crews believes that F...