In a radically powerful interpretation of the human condition, this book redefines the discipline of psychoanalysis by examining its fundamental assumptions about the unconscious mind, the nature of personal history, our sexualities, and the significance of the ""Oedipus Complex"". With striking originality, Barratt explains the psychoanalytic way of exploring our inner realities, and criticizes many of the schools of ""psychoanalytic psychotherapy"" that emerged and prospered during the 20th century.In 1912, Sigmund Freud formed a ""Secret Committee"", charged with the task o