Download or read book Freud's Foes written by Kurt Jacobsen and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freud's Foes, the latest title in the Polemics series, addresses Freud's fiercest contemporary critics. Kurt Jacobsen defends psychoanalysis, while accepting that it has inherent flaws. He argues that although today's 'foes' pose as daring savants, they are only the latest wave of critics that psychoanalysis has encountered since its controversial birth, and he easily debunks their arguments.