Shrinking History: On Freud and the Failure of Psychohistory

by David E. Stannard

Overview

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 systematically points out the pitfalls, sheer irrationality, and ultimately ahistorical nature of this mode of historical inquiry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195027358
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/05/1980
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)