AT 13-001_FA21: Course Alias: at13-1-fa@eckerd.edu
There is no doubt that Sigmund Freud was one of the most influential, and most controversial, figures of the twentieth century. In the eighty years since his death, many of Freud?s theories have been challenged and rejected by psychologists and neuroscientists. His ideas, however, continue to be influential in psychotherapy and in other disciplines such as anthropology and history. In addition to Freud?s impact on the academic and therapeutic arenas, his work has also had a profound influence on various literary and art forms, as well as on American and European popular culture as a whole. While a majority of psychologists might reject the existence of an Oedipal Complex, this term, as well concepts such as id, ego, repression, oral and anal fixations, and ?Freudian slips? are all still part of our common vocabulary and our sense of how human beings work.
There is no doubt that Sigmund Freud was one of the most influential, and most controversial, figures of the twentieth century. In the eighty years since his death, many of Freud?s theories have been challenged and rejected by psychologists and neuroscientists. His ideas, however, continue to be influential in psychotherapy and in other disciplines such as anthropology and history. In addition to Freud?s impact on the academic and therapeutic arenas, his work has also had a profound influence on various literary and art forms, as well as on American and European popular culture as a whole. While a majority of psychologists might reject the existence of an Oedipal Complex, this term, as well concepts such as id, ego, repression, oral and anal fixations, and ?Freudian slips? are all still part of our common vocabulary and our sense of how human beings work.
- Enseignant: Barney Hartston