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Originally posted by SpaceAce
Actually, Freudian analysis is alive and well. Much of his work is now disputed, but it has hardly been "discounted" as a whole. Specifically, I believe the Oedipal Complex has held up pretty well through the years. All you have to do to see proof is spend time around very young male children. The mother is the ideal. She takes care of him, feeds him, loves him, clothes him. The main rival for that affection is the father.
Carl Jung also believed he had visions in his dreams and was connected to a world consciousness that included, I believe, dead people.
SpaceAce
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I didn't say all of his work has been discounted. Clearly, much of it has been adopted. Terms like 'repression' have become a part of our vocabulary - these are terms Freud created.
But, we should be able to remove the good from the bad. The Oedipal Complex is a good example of the bad.