Neon Genesis Evangelion schizophrenic character and she represents the unconscious of Shinji. Shinji has an Oedipus complex, and is characterized by a libido-destrudo conflict. Similarly, Ritsuko has an Electra complex, in which she loves Gendo, a sort of substitute for her father figure. Anno himself stated that the main character reflects his character, "both in conscious and unconscious part", referring also to Kaworu as his Jungian shadow. It has even been suggested that Shinji's entering into Unit-01 is a Freudian "return to the womb", and that his struggle to be free of the Eva is his "rite of passage" into manhood. The series
The Freudian Fallacy Masson's "The Assault on Truth" (1984), another book marked by hostility to Freud and psychoanalysis. According to Webster, "The Freudian Fallacy" received negative reviews in "The Times Literary Supplement" and the "London Review of Books", the latter of which included a false accusation of anti-Semitism that was later withdrawn with an apology. He criticized the press coverage that Thornton's book received in Britain, calling "The Sunday Times Magazine"′s treatment of Thornton's claims about Freud's addiction to cocaine sensational and shallow. The Freudian Fallacy The Freudian Fallacy, first published in the United Kingdom as Freud and Cocaine, is a 1983 book