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Freud in a modern lightFreud in a modern lightDecember 2000 THE last quarter of the 20th centuryhas seen growing academiccriticism of, and public scepticism about, Freudian theory and practice. With very few exceptions (e.g. Eysenck, 1986) it is notable that the fiercest and best-cited critics are non-psychologists (e.g. Crews, 1997; Grünbaum, 1993, Masson, 1984; Sulloway, 1992). Indeed, although cognisant of the pitfalls in investigating and evaluating Freudian theory, psychologists have often been remarkably even-handed in their reviews, paying as much attention to what Freud may have got right as to Wha get r