Freud and the Question of Pseudoscience

written especially for it. The others first appeared in collections or journals.

They have been lightly edited in the interests of clarity but except for the

removal of a few exegetical errors they appear as they were published. The

order in which they appear is that in which I wrote them, with the exception

of 'From Freud’s "Scientific Fairy Tale” to Masson’s Politically Correct

One’ which I have placed immediately after 'Was Freud a Liar?’ since both

deal with Freud’s seduction theory.

I should like to acknowledge the help and encouragement of Frederick

Crews, Allen Esterson, David Ellis, Edward Greenwood, Nick Bunnin,

Sagar Nair, Frank L. Cioffi, and 'Lord’ Ffarry MacFarquhar. I want also to

express my appreciation to the personnel of the Library Enquiries desk and

the Documentation Delivery Office of the University of Kent at Canterbury.

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