Watching it the second time was fun anyhow, Allen. I missed the thong reference both times. (Was I distracted by that pink thing? Ha ha...or maybe I had some repression going on too.) At any rate, I think "Dead Guy Interviews" is a hilarious concept. Thanks again for the really fun video and for the update about Freud's purported erotic moment as a toddler on a train. It does give one pause for thought about how he may have occasionally (?) sculpted an event to fit his theory. Beth
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Allen Esterson <allenester...@compuserve.com > wrote: > Beth writes > >Do you mean what was questionable? Well, one was > >his comment about seeing his mother in the shower > >with the shower curtain "pulled back like in the theater," > > I'd forgotten about that specific incident (must have repressed the > memory :-) ) > > >(or did he actually refer to that in real life??) > > Well, there was a *similar* event that Freud claimed had occurred in > his early childhood. In a letter recounting his self-analysis to > Wilhelm Fliess in 1897 (when he was 41) he wrote that his libido > towards his mother was awakened when he was between two and > two-and-a-half years, on the occasion of a train journey from Leipzig > to Vienna during which "we must have spent the night together and there > must have been an opportunity of seeing her naked." Leaving aside the > issue of memories from infancy, the twofold "must have" hardly > convinces; as biographer Ronald Clark observes, they suggest that the > personal foundations on which Freud was to build his Oedipal theory > "should be regarded with caution". > > Seeing the "interview" again, I note another questionable statement, in > this case deliberate I'm sure. The first item that Freud lists among > his phobias is "thongs"! > > Allen E. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=11818 > or send a blank email to > leave-11818-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11821 or send a blank email to leave-11821-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
