Why Freud was wrong : sin, science, and psychoanalysis, Richard Webster

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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 629-646) and index

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Contents: A note to the reader -- Introduction : the legacy of Freud -- Prologue : images, myths and legends -- Part 1. The creation of a pseudo-science. From Caul to cocaine -- Hypnotism and hysteria -- Charcot's mistake -- Anna O. and the birth of psychoanalysis -- Freud's first case -- More medical mistakes -- Mysterious mechanisms -- Sex, masturbation and neurasthenia -- The seduction theory -- Freud, Fliess and the theory of infantile sexuality -- Exploring the unconscious : self-analysis and Oedipus -- Dreams and symptoms -- Developing the doctrine -- Part 2. The church and the psychoanalytic gospel. Freud, who was my Christ! -- Freud, Satan and the serpent -- Priests, penitents and patients -- Critics and dissidents -- Jung : crown prince and beloved son -- The secret committee : from formation to failure -- Anna Freud : daughter and disciple -- Part 3. Psychoanalysis, science and the future. Psychoanalysis, science and human nature -- The ghost in the psychoanalytic machine -- The behaviour of the body -- Beyond psychoanalysis -- Afterword : Freud's false memories : psychoanalysis and the recovered memory movement -- Appendix 1 :The diagnosis of hysteria -- Appendix 2 : Babinski's test for hysteria

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