The Uncanny
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An extraordinary collection of thematically linked essays, including THE UNCANNY, SCREEN MEMORIES and FAMILY ROMANCES. Leonardo da Vinci fascinated Freud primarily because he was keen to know why his personality was so incomprehensible to his contemporaries. In this probing biographical essay he deconstructs both da Vinci's character and the nature of his genius. As ever, many of his exploratory avenues lead to the subject's sexuality - why did da Vinci depict the naked human body the way hedid? What of his tendency to surround himself with handsome young boys that he took on as his pupils? Intriguing, thought-provoking and often contentious, this volume contains some of Freud's best writing.
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so... i had to read this for class, but i only saw that i had to read it too late so i could only read up to 200 pages, leaving me the last 40. but i thought it would be ok cause 200 pages is A LOT, the last 40 cannot be that important.... well. apparently i got it wrong and we only had to read the actual essay about the uncanny, and not the book with 5 more essays. I HAD TO GO THROUGH FREUD'S NEVER ENDING HEADCANONS ABOUT LEONARDO DA VINCI (really let the man be a quiet ace gay in peace) FOR NOTHING. i already disliked freud's psychoanalysis and ideologies or whatever it's called, but now i really do believe i despise him. this man cannot be fr. he'd have a field day with me, an asexual pan trans man, really i'd love to know what he'd say about me, or at least see him die from a stroke trying to understand what i am
