The assault on truth : Freud and child sex abuse / Jeffrey Masson.

By:

Masson, J. Moussaieff (Jeffrey Moussaieff), 1941-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Fontana, 1992.Description: xxxv,316p. : facsims.,ports. ; 20cmISBN:

9780006377399 (pbk) :
0006377394

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

150.1952 MAS

Summary: Using Freud's letters, this book asserts that Freud, personally reluctant to face the sexual abuse of children, abandoned a valid scientific finding. The author argues that Freud's revised theory became the basis for the science of psychoanalysis and that this, therefore, needs re-examination.

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	150.1952 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		112337

Previous ed.: London : Penguin, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-240) and index.

Using Freud's letters, this book asserts that Freud, personally reluctant to face the sexual abuse of children, abandoned a valid scientific finding. The author argues that Freud's revised theory became the basis for the science of psychoanalysis and that this, therefore, needs re-examination.