Izzat so? Here's a bit more of that Todd Dufresne LA Times article I cited initially:
"Then there is the theory of the unconscious, which has also seen better days. We all agree that Freud did not 'discover' the unconscious, and are sophisticated enough to see that it has a history that long predates him: as the devil that possessed Christians; as the mesmerism and hypnosis that invoked the split, double and multiple personalities of the 18th and 19th centuries; and as the theme of 'doubling' that informed much Victorian literature and, today, still informs the dumbest plot lines in Hollywood and in psychotherapy.
"Now connect the dots. In each iteration of the unconscious, some anointed medium — priest, quack or analyst — claims special access to the darkest, scariest reaches of our minds. For a certain price, he or she can cure you of this demon...."
And no, there's nothing "scientific" about Freud's own particular wooly-minded notions of the unconscious. He was truly a charlatan's charlatan.
Carl
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