So there is actually a book out there entitled Why Freud Was wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis (1995). It, obviously, is a critique of Freud and psychoanalysis. It argues that Freud became some kind of Messiah and that psychoanalysis is really a disguised continuation of the Judaeo-Christian tradition. What does that mean exactly? He basically asserts that Freud was a rather dirty and rejected child who, because of the deep need to repay his parents for being do undesirable, embarked upon a messianic mission to world fame with his own disciples and church to boot. His need for fame and recognition was so urgent that he not only deluded himself and deceived others; he also fell prey to the deceptions and delusion of his deranged seniors and special confidants through projecting onto others his own messianic urges.
Well we now know how Webster feels about the subject. What do you think? Is Freud valid in today's psychological society?
Freud sets forth a fairly narrow view of "psychology"- it's just his ideas. For instance, he rejects religion as a means to find true answers. He gave us someplace to start, to build off of. But I would be hard presses to argue with most of his claims.
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