Killing Freud: 20th Century Culture and the Death of Psychoanalysis

by Todd Dufresne

Book Overview

Killing Freud takes the reader on a journey through the 20th century, tracing the work and influence of one of its
greatest icons, Sigmund Freud. A devastating critique, the book ranges across the strange case of Anna O, the hysteria
of Josef Breuer, the love of dogs, the Freud industry, the role of gossip and fiction, bad manners, pop psychology and
French philosophy, figure skating on thin ice, and contemporary therapy culture. A map...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826485812
• ISBN13: 9780826485816
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 7.5"