100 years old and making a comeback – Freud’s theories of the unconscious | Mark Vernon
by Mark Vernon from on (#W691)
After a century of being derided, Freud's ideas are quite rightly being re-evaluated - as they could shed light on some of medicine's great unknowns
The unconscious has had a bumpy ride since Sigmund Freud first described the extent of his discoveries in a seminal paper published 100 years ago this month. Sceptics sneer at its mention, assuming it's as discreditable as penis envy. Others, who sense the father of psychoanalysis was on to something, prefer to hedge their bets and not be tarnished by Freud's mixed reputation: they refer limply to the subliminal or subconscious. Yet it could be the case that far from being past its sell-by date, the time of the unconscious is yet to come.
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