Posted by zazenduck on April 1, 2006, at 12:53:50
In reply to Re: Freud is on the cover of Newsweek! Tangent, posted by susan47 on April 1, 2006, at 11:35:23
you're right of course
his influence is enormous
I was just thinking of his original ideas unrefined and moved into modern times
and his treatment of women
and his refusal to believe the stories of abuse they told him
and I think so many things besides childhood sexual feelings make people what they are
and i've never seen psychoanalysis cure anyone of anything....... ever
so my personal experiences are clouding my judgementbut I always gave him credit for the idea of transference and the repetition compulsion or complex or whatever although I don't know if he deserves it or not....that's certainly alive and well isn't it
and every time someone does something dreadful the tv commentators say he's "sick" nobody says he's a sinner....last night I saw a tv program about John Hinkley and he was given a quick analysis as having been loved too much by his mother etc etc without a blink of an eye
so SigF's ideas are part of the mainstream for sure
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