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The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory is a 1984 book by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, in which Masson argues that Sigmund Freud deliberately suppressed his early hypothesis that hysteria is caused by sexual abuse during Read More..

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Description	The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory is a 1984 book by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, in which Masson argues that Sigmund Freud deliberately suppressed his early hypothesis that hysteria is caused by sexual abuse during infancy, a conclusion that Masson reached while he had access to some of Freud's unpublished letters as projects director of the Sigmund Freud Archives.Webster 2005. p. 23. The Assault on Truth aroused massive publicity and controversy. Several reviewers found the work flawed, and it received condemnation from reviewers within the psychoanalytic profession. Some feminists endorsed Masson's conclusions.
Description	The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory is a 1984 book by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, in which Masson argues that Sigmund Freud deliberately suppressed his early hypothesis that hysteria is caused by sexual abuse during infancy, a conclusion that Masson reached while he had access to some of Freud's unpublished letters as projects director of the Sigmund Freud Archives.Webster 2005. p. 23. The Assault on Truth aroused massive publicity and controversy. Several reviewers found the work flawed, and it received condemnation from reviewers within the psychoanalytic profession. Some feminists endorsed Masson's conclusions.

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Name	The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory
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Authors	Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
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Language	English
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Pages	308 (1984 Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition)343 (1998 Pocket books edition)
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Media_type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
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Isbn	978-0345452795
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