Sociological Theory: Classical Statements Book

This final volume of Kaufmann's series was a bit of a disappointment, not to say that his assertions about Adler and Jung are completely erroneous. The majority of the material consists of a defense of Freud against his detractors, an assassination of Adler, and a critical reading of Jung. Kaufmann accomplishes the promise of establishing a lineage of ascending, progressive thoughts on the human mind -Goethe, Nietzsche, Freud- unfortunately, speaking as an outsider on the periphery of psychology and academic philosophy, a lot of ink was spilled in a compilation of material that came off as subjective, personal, and read like a personal letter of rebuke. Admittedly, this is still a great work, perhaps not as satisfying as the first two volumes of his series.