However, to see just how controversial he is, all one needs to do is pick up a psychology textbook, or sit in on a lecture about Freud by a modern psychology professor. He is the man whom seemingly every student, professor and literature reviewer loves to hate. One could make a very convincing argument that Freud set the women’s movement back many years, simply because his theories and views were taken as fact by many of the general non-scholar populace. Many have argued that Freud’s theories were an outcome of his cocaine use, and thus can be explained as the delusions of an addicted madman (Robinson, 1993). However, others argue that Freud is so controversial, because of his intellectual success, and the charisma of his work. If he had been a lesser-known figure in psychology and academia, would there be quite as many people try to poke holes in his arguments, and theories? If you go looking for holes, and problems in anything, you will find them eventually. So maybe it is not a question of whether Freud was controversial or not, but rather why it is so easy to find controversy in his
However, to see just how controversial he is, all one needs to do is pick up a psychology textbook, or sit in on a lecture about Freud by a modern psychology professor. He is the man whom seemingly every student, professor and literature reviewer loves to hate. One could make a very convincing argument that Freud set the women’s movement back many years, simply because his theories and views were taken as fact by many of the general non-scholar populace. Many have argued that Freud’s theories were an outcome of his cocaine use, and thus can be explained as the delusions of an addicted madman (Robinson, 1993). However, others argue that Freud is so controversial, because of his intellectual success, and the charisma of his work. If he had been a lesser-known figure in psychology and academia, would there be quite as many people try to poke holes in his arguments, and theories? If you go looking for holes, and problems in anything, you will find them eventually. So maybe it is not a question of whether Freud was controversial or not, but rather why it is so easy to find controversy in his