THE ASSAULT ON TRUTH; Freud's suppression of the seduction theory by MASSON, Jeffrey Moussaieff - 1984

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: HarperPerennial [0-06-097457-5] 1992. (Trade paperback) 316pp. Very good. Photographs, notes, index. The covers are toned, the front cover has a diagonal crease to the top corner and there is an ink mark on the fore-edge. "In this controversial and compelling book, which sparked front-page headlines nationwide, Masson, former projects director of the Freud Archives, asserts that Freud abandoned a valid scientific finding because he was personally reluctant to face the reality of child sexual abuse and feared his colleagues' negative reaction to such a shocking theory". Book about Sigmund Freud & Seduction Theory. (Psychology, Case Studies, Incest, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Sexual Abuse).

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1984 hard cover + dust jacket Very good condition in very good unclipped dust jacket with a small stain on front cover. Here for the first time are letters from Freud, long kept from public view, which stirred the controversy of the so-called seduction theory, developed by Freud in 1895 and later repudiated. On the basis of these letters and other information, Masson has written a devastating and highly controversial expose of the origins of psychoanalysis.

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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's name in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bending and bowing to boards and pages. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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