The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory
&#8220;A Watergate of the psyche.&#8221;&#8211;The New York Times Book ReviewWith a new introduction by the author&#8220;A LAVISHLY DOCUMENTED, CAREFULLY REASONED WORK, WRITTEN IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD, REASONABLE STYLE.&#8221;&#8211;The Nation&#8220;INTRIGUING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING . . . A FASCINATING DETECTIVE-LIKE STORY.&#8221;&#8211;Sunday Times(London)&#8220;MASSON&#8217;S SCHOLARSHIP IS IMPECCABLE.&#8221;&#8211;Los Angeles TimesMore praise for Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonandThe Assault on Truth&#8220;One need not follow Masson&#8217;s rabid acceptance of a tightly construed [seduction] theory to regret, with him, Freud&#8217;s emotional withdrawal from social criticism. . . . Jeffrey Masson has raised important historical questions.&#8221;&#8211;The Washington Post Book World&#8220;Newly revealed letters and long-secret documents offer further indications of Sigmund Freud&#8217;s anguish over his first major theory, new evidence of efforts to cover up that anguish, and provide new information about the life of the man himself.&#8221;&#8211;The New York Times Book Review&#8220;When the furor subsides, Masson&#8217;s book will take its rightful place in the annals of psychoanalytic critique; not the bomb that destroyed the whole building, but part of the wave that is eroding the basic foundation.&#8221;&#8211;Ms.&#8220;A solid expose that reads like a psychological detective thriller. . . .  This brilliant, meticulously researched book probes what many see as the failure of psychoanalysis to confront the real world.&#8221;&#8211;Publishers Weekly&#8220;INTRIGUING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING . . . A FASCINATING DETECTIVE-LIKE STORY.&#8221;&#8211;Sunday Times(London)&#8220;MASSON&#8217;S SCHOLARSHIP IS IMPECCABLE.&#8221;&#8211;Los Angeles Times--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.