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Jan 19, 2008 2:48am
Photo: A conference at Clark University in 1909 included, in the first row, William James, third from left; Sigmund Freud, fourth from right; and Carl G. Jung, third from right.
Every shrink who paid attention during training knows that Freud was not Freudian. That handy bit of knowledge is integral to the volume reviewed here and to these anecdotes from one of Freud’s last analysands: Freud and His Damn Dog and A Freudian Trip
“In Makari’s [the author’s] view, much contemporary discussion about the relevance of psychoanalysis is based on a false choice: ‘Freud as everlasting genius, or Freud as relic and fraud.’” 
Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis - George Makari - Book Review - New York Times

Photo: A conference at Clark University in 1909 included, in the first row, William James, third from left; Sigmund Freud, fourth from right; and Carl G. Jung, third from right.

Every shrink who paid attention during training knows that Freud was not Freudian. That handy bit of knowledge is integral to the volume reviewed here and to these anecdotes from one of Freud’s last analysands: Freud and His Damn Dog and A Freudian Trip

“In Makari’s [the author’s] view, much contemporary discussion about the relevance of psychoanalysis is based on a false choice: ‘Freud as everlasting genius, or Freud as relic and fraud.’”

Revolution in Mind: The Creation of Psychoanalysis - George Makari - Book Review - New York Times

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