01-04-2007, 02:54 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Was not sure where to post this. Anyway have you guys heard of the current controversy raging in france about a new book called "A Black Book of Psychoanalysis". Ever since I have heard of this I can only think of the porn-peddlers who invented all kinds of sh1t about indian moms and kids, Ganesha etc.. Though a google search will reveal more. Here is a representative article.. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rajeshji sorry for the late response but I recently took Introductory Psychology and what became clear is that a lot of Freud's theories have no empirical evidence whatsoever, they are neither provable nor falsifiable, a lot of it is BS that is not accepted by serious psychologists who work their asses off conducting serious research instead of making up fancy theories, what made Freud popular was not the validity of his theories but the obsession of general public with his weird explanations many of which were sexually suggestive, this was an era in which sex was still a taboo and it excited people when he talked about such things openly.
Rajeshji sorry for the late response but I recently took Introductory Psychology and what became clear is that a lot of Freud's theories have no empirical evidence whatsoever, they are neither provable nor falsifiable, a lot of it is BS that is not accepted by serious psychologists who work their asses off conducting serious research instead of making up fancy theories, what made Freud popular was not the validity of his theories but the obsession of general public with his weird explanations many of which were sexually suggestive, this was an era in which sex was still a taboo and it excited people when he talked about such things openly.