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Freud's Paranoid Quest is an exceptionally broad-ranging and well-written book....Whether or not one agrees with certain of his arguments and assessments, one must acknowledge the remarkable intelligence that is displayed on nearly every page. -- Louis Sassauthor of Madness and Modernism and The Paradoxes of Delusion John Farrell's Freud's Paranoid Quest is the most trenchant, exhilarating and illuminating book I have encountered in many years. [The book] should be pondered not just by all students of Freud's thought but by everyone who senses that 'advanced modernity' has by now outstayed its welcome. -- Frederick CrewsUniversity of California, Berkeley In Freud's Paranoid Quest, John Farrell analyzes the personality and thought of Sigmund Freud in order to give insight into modernity's paranoid character and into the true nature of Freudian psychoanalysis. John Farrell's Freud is not the path-breaking psychologist he claimed to be, but the fashioner and prisoner of a total system of suspicion. The most gifted of paranoids, Freud deployed this system as a self-heroizing myth and a compelling historical ideology.Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBN-100814726496
ISBN-139780814726495
eBay Product ID (ePID)267267
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFreud's Paranoid Quest : Psychoanalysis and Modern Suspicion
Publication Year1996
SubjectMovements / Psychoanalysis, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPsychology
AuthorJohn C. Farrell
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-050156
Lc Classification NumberBf109.F74f37 1996