Against Freud: Critics Talk Back
- ISBN-10
- 0804755485
- ISBN-13
- 9780804755481
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Author
- Todd Dufresne
Description
Against Freud is a highly accessible, informative, and entertaining examination of Freud's controversial ideas and legacy by the world's most knowledgeable critics of psychoanalysis.
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