[lbo-talk] denial

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 4 16:34:19 PDT 2005


Carrol Cox wrote:


>Carl Remick wrote:
>>
>> As for intellectual rigor,
>> Freudian analysis itself ranks right up there with astrology, homeopathy,
>> alchemy and phrenology.
>
>That is misleading. The parallel is more to creationism and
>conspicacism. All three insist that they perceive a secret or secrets in
>the universe which is unavailable to ordinary methods of historical,
>scientific, or cultural analysis.

I love it when two major depressives agree on the status of psychoanalysis.

Doug



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