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The Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire is a book that seeks to criticize and challenge Freudian concepts, theories and treatment, based on scientific evidence and alternative theories and methods of treatment. It further traces many of the ideas that are credited to Freud back to the original contributors of those ideas, showing which ideas were Freud's, and which were borrowed from others and were mis-credited to him.
Overall, the author makes a solid argument, taking each Freudian theory, and bombarding it with data from scientific research that disproves it. Heavy criticism is also found on the experiments and research done by Freud himself, many times explaining that Freud misdiagnosed his patients, failed to cure them but presented them as cured, and based his theories on simply false evidence. The author offers an excellent bibliography for anyone interested in tracing further the scientific research and criticism that he presents against Freud.
The debate over Freudian psychoanalysis may not be as heated today and it was the last century, as most of Freud's ideas are now considered unscientific and false. However, a quick look at the reviews on Amazon of Freud's books, one can see that the general public still believes that Freud was a scientific genious and that his theories are a solid basis for understanding human nature.
This book is a clearcut argument with scientific evidence against Freud, and should be read by anyone who believes that Freud's theories are scientific and should be taken seriously.