The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

ISBN 10: 0345452798 / ISBN 13: 9780345452795

Edité par Ballantine Books, 2003

Matte pictorial wraps with trace edgewear, soil and rubbing. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean. Interior lightly toned. B/w illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 361 pp. Appears hardly if ever read. N° de réf. du vendeur 004504

Synopsis :

Book by Masson Jeffrey Moussaieff

Revue de presse: “A Watergate of the psyche.”
–The New York Times Book Review

With a new introduction by the author
“A LAVISHLY DOCUMENTED, CAREFULLY REASONED WORK, WRITTEN IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, REASONABLE STYLE.”
–The Nation
“INTRIGUING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING . . . A FASCINATING DETECTIVE-LIKE STORY.”
–Sunday Times (London)

“MASSON’S SCHOLARSHIP IS IMPECCABLE.”
–Los Angeles Times


More praise for Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
and The Assault on Truth

“One need not follow Masson’s rabid acceptance of a tightly construed [seduction] theory to regret, with him, Freud’s emotional withdrawal from social criticism. . . . Jeffrey Masson has raised important historical questions.”
–The Washington Post Book World

“Newly revealed letters and long-secret documents offer further indications of Sigmund Freud’s anguish over his first major theory, new evidence of efforts to cover up that anguish, and provide new information about the life of the man himself.”
–The New York Times Book Review

“When the furor subsides, Masson’s book will take its rightful place in the annals of psychoanalytic critique; not the bomb that destroyed the whole building, but part of the wave that is eroding the basic foundation.”
–Ms.

“A solid expose that reads like a psychological detective thriller. . . . This brilliant, meticulously researched book probes what many see as the failure of psychoanalysis to confront the real world.”
–Publishers Weekly

“INTRIGUING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING . . . A FASCINATING DETECTIVE-LIKE STORY.”
–Sunday Times (London)

“MASSON’S SCHOLARSHIP IS IMPECCABLE.”
–Los Angeles Times

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of...
Éditeur : Ballantine Books
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Soft cover
Etat : Very Good
Edition : 1st Edition Thus