Freud Conflict and Culture - Tapa dura

A companion volume to a forthcoming Library of Congress exhibition features a collection of provocative essays--by Oliver Sacks, Peter Gay, Robert Coles, Art Spiegelman, and other notable scholars, critics, and writers--on Freud, his theories, and his impact on modern psychoanalysis. 20,000 first printing.

have had as decisive and fundamental an impact on the course of modern cultural history as Sigmund Freud. Freudian theory and psychoanalytic thinking inform the ways in which we perceive ourselves and our society, and remain vital and relevant to some of our most pressing societal issues and concerns, from drug abuse and aggression to gender and sexuality. Yet few figures have inspired such sustained controversy and intense debate as Freud has, and his theoretical and cultural legacies continue to be hotly contested.
     The exhibition "Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture," mounted by the Library of Congress, explores the influence of Freud and psychoanalysis on twentieth-century culture and examines some of his central ideas concerning the individual and society. Contemporary evaluations, emerging from changes in scientific knowledge and ideological priorities, have changed the way we view Freud's contributions to our understanding of self and society. This volume