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Random House USA Inc Freud: Conflict And Culture : Essays On His Life Work And Legacy by Edited by Michael Roth
In Freud: Conflict and Culture, Michael S. Roth presents eithgteen essays on the man who has become, in W.H. Audens phrase, a whole climate of opinion. This fascinating collections explores Freuds work, the absorption of his theories into mainstream culture, and his hotly contested legacy. Oliver Sacks demonstrates how Freuds early studies anticipated contemporary neuropsychology. Scholar Muriel Dimen reveals a paradoxical liaison between psychoanalysis and feminism. Art Spiegelman Maus provides a comic strip that explores Freuds ideas about humor. And Peter Kramer Listening to Prozac projects how future generations may look upon the man who, along with Marx, Darwin, and Einstein, shaped an era. By turns moving, contentious, and amusing, Freud: Conflict and Culture boasts a body of work as eclectic and engaging as the revolutionary genius himself.show more