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Shrinking History: On Freud and the Failure of Psychohistory

by David E. Stannard

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Studies the burgeoning field of psychohistory - from Freud, its primogenitor, to its present-day academic practitioners - and argues that little, if any, psychohistory is good history. The author points out the pitfalls, sheer irrationality, and ultimately a historical nature of this mode of historical inquiry.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 901.9 — History & geography History Philosophy and theory of history
LCC: D16.16 .S7 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General)
BISAC: PSY PSYCHOLOGY History
MED MEDICAL History
HIS HISTORY General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1980
Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 901.9
LCC: D16.16 .S7

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