Saturday, May 21, 2011

Freud's Dora: A Psychoanalytic, Historical, and Textual Study

Freud's Dora: A Psychoanalytic, Historical, and Textual Study Review



In this brilliant re-evaluation of one of Freud`s most famous cases, Patrick J. Mahony alters the way we view the woman called "Dora," Freud`s handling of the case, and his editing of the published account. Mahony claims that Freud`s case study is not a model of treatment but a remarkable exhibition of the rejection of a patient by a clinician and an inkblot test of Freud`s misapprehensions about female sexuality and adolescence.


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