November 13, 1998

'Freud: Conflict and Culture'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Are we all Freudians whether we like it or not? It seems that the Viennese doctor has slipped so far into the, yes, unconscious of 20th-century culture that even the most resolute Freud basher would find him difficult to dislodge.

While there are Freud critics, as well as Freud admirers, in Freud: Conflict and Culture (Alfred A. Knopf; 273 pages; $26), a new essay collection, the tilt is toward contributors

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