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...Freud warned that sexual reforms like those we have witnessed might make matters worse. In 1912 he foretold: "In times in which there were no difficulties standing in the way of sexual satisfaction, such as perhaps during the decline of ancient civilizations, love became worthless and life empty, and strong reaction-formations were required to restore the indispensable emotional value of love...
...enter single file; of affairs that begin and end on chance remarks; of yearnings for culture buried deep within the city's most anonymous dwellers. But these virtues are nearly undone by relentless mannerisms. Whenever Everett reaches an impasse, he conveniently has a dream, recollected in detail that Freud would admire. Attempts at plain speaking frequently result in a piling on of cliches: Everett knows an object "like the back of his hand"; women have "impenetrable" eyes. Exclamation points detonate with the flatness of dropped light bulbs: "How warm the air was!"; "How his father talked...
...comatose state. At first, wife Lily refuses to believe that her husband of thirty years is such a scum. When she can no longer escape the awful truth, she moans. "All I have left is a corpse that betrayed me." Daughter Marshal takes aim at her mother with Freud and fires accusations of resistance represscion and denial. Then the two plot Daddy's death, considering all the options. We can't scare him to death vegetables are fearless. Son Teddy joins the scheme enlisting the help of his moronic girlfriend. While never appearing onstage, a monstrous nurse named Emerald registers...
...call Freud sexist is nothing new, but this book is striking in its account of Eckstein's bungled treatment at the hands of Freud and Fliess. The illfated operation can be excused as potentially well-meaning, but the two men's attitudes toward her in the aftermath of the surgery are truly appalling. Neither doctor, Masson's research reveals, felt any guilt or compassion towards Emma, who nearly died as a result of the failed operation...
Instead Fliess' first concern was apparently the modern reflex--he wanted a letter absolving him from any malpractice. Freud's reaction, too, was entirely self-centered. When Emma first began to hemorrhage, Freud immediately headed for the next room to comfort himself with a glass of cognac. His additional concern was not for Emma, but for Fliess, who Freud believed he had wronged by asking him to operate in a foreign city. Masson cannot seriously tarnish Freud's reputation as one of the great minds of recent times. His theories--including those on seduction--still have much to offer...