Defending Freud (side A)
Why Theory
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The One Sign of Freud's Greatness Is That the Case Studies Are Not Great
Freud published cases of failure because he thinks they might elucidate something. He's trying to make sure that people are not treating psychoanalysis as like a Wikipedia summary. You still need to do work, you still need to find the fissures and where it doesn't fit. It just confirms what I already know. There'd be no reason to write it up.
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