Introduction

He opened a window on the unconscious where he said lust, rage, and repression battle for supremacy and changed the way we view ourselves.

The Feud Wars

There are no neutrals in the Feud wars. Admiration, even Downright adulation, on one side; skepticism, even downright disdain on the other.

Controversy and Criticism

This is not hyperbole. A psychoanalyst who is currently trying to enshrine Freud in the pantheon of cultural heroes must contend with a relentless critic who devotes his days to exposing Freud's footsteps since he developed the cluster of theories he would give the name of psychoanalysis.

Theories and Ideas

His fundamental idea that all and defenses against them, struggle for supremacy, as it were behind a person's back has struck many as a romantic, scientifically improvable notion.

Significance of Freud

The book purportedly represents Sigmund Freud as the main figure with whom psychological theory changed the thinking of the world.