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In the Freud Archives
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Journalism meets crime thriller in this sensational book about access to letters in the Freud Archives.

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Jaci
Feb 25, 2025 rated it really liked it
Malcolm provides a nonfiction account of the relationships among D. R. Eissler, Jeff Masson, and Peter Swales, Freud scholars/psychoanalysts. The Seduction Theory dumped by Freud is at the center of their controversy with Masson being anti-Freud [reported sexual abuse was real]. This gives a great overview of the early history of psychoanalysis through the 1970s. It is a great read, to Malcolm's credit.

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Arrangement and Description: Archivists At Large