Lesley Chamberlain / Malcolm Bowied

Organised in co-operation with New York University in London
6.30pm (drinks) for 7pm | Tuesday 4 December 2001
6 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA

Author
Lesley Chamberlain

Respondent
Malcolm Bowie, All Souls, Oxford

Text: The Secret Artist – A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud (Quartet Books, 2000)
In recent years Freud has come under repeated attack as a bad scientist and a disreputable colleague. But Lesley Chamberlain argues that Freud’s critics have been aiming at the wrong targets: it would have been more accurate from the outset to see the value of his work as art rather than science. Lesley Chamberlain argues convincingly for Freud’s importance to humanity; her peacemaking study aims to defuse the Freud wars and enable us to return to his work with renewed enthusiasm.

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