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103255634X pdf This edited collection brings together the perspectives of a broad spectrum of experts who reflect on Freuds Seduction Theory, psychoanalysis, and the reality of child abuse through the work of Jeffrey Masson. Jeffrey Massons The Assault on Truth: Freuds Suppression of the Seduction Theory(1984) is arguably the most controversial book on psychoanalysis in the last century. It provoked a furore from mainstream psychoanalysis, yet was well-received by the emerging international trauma field and became a bestseller. Four decades on, a group of international scholars and professionals revisit Massons original work and reflect on the lessons that can be taken from the saga. Was the reaction of Massons peers tied to the fact that he had accused Freud of being less than heroic, or was it that he confronted psychoanalysis with a very uncomfortable truth? This book examines how Read more