Crews died. I enjoyed his polemics in the pages of The New York Review of Books. The way he answered critics was masterful. I went back and read today his exchange on alien abductions. It is a master class in critical thinking.
He single-handedly (not really, there were others too) took down Freud. His last book on Freud from 2017 was tiresome, and I couldn't get through the whole thing. It just was too relentless and long, though for that reason it is utterly convincing. I just didn't need more convincing at that point.
I began by rooting for the Freudians to be able to answer Crews with better arguments. Surely, there had to be some better arguments, but no, apparently not.
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Those Freud articles in the NYRB in the 90s also ended my engagement with Freud. And I agree that the letters by the Freudians did not help their cause at all.
I sort of want this review:
Your book was tiresome.
I couldn't get through it.
It was relentless and long and utterly convincing.
I didn't need more convincing.
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