even so, the importance of Jung and laing eventually
reduces Freud.
After a while, only "crazy" psychoanalysts and observers
will believe in or trust Freud. Jung was more
articulate; RD Laing far more compassionate.
To really understand Freud's weakness read A Thousand
Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari.
They hit the nail on the head.
--- Elaine Pigeon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There are valid reasons for reviling Freud. For
> feminists, he betrayed Dora
> when it is evident her complaints against her father
> had a real basis -- her
> father had traded his daughter off for the man's wife.
> Freud knew the
> complaints by his female clients/patients were valid,
> but betrayed them to
> the establishment for fear of what would happen if he
> pronounced child
> sexual abuse a major problem -- instead he
> blamed/sexualised the children.
> Likewise, he caved in to pressure on homosexuality.
> The consequences of his
> betrayal were enormous. However, Freud is so
> monumentally important that we
> must read him in order to be able to denounce him!
>
> Elaine Pigeon
> Universite de Montreal
>
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