Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries - Paperback

by Alice Miller (Author)

From the author of the bestselling classic The Drama of the Gifted Child--a book that believes that children are inherently good and traces all forms of criminal deeds to past mistreatments.

In direct opposition to the Freudian drive theory, "Alice Miller writes lucidly and passionately, asks daring questions and sees through conventions that most of us take for granted" (San Francisco Chronicle).

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In direct opposition to the Freudian drive theory, the author of the best-selling "The Drama Of The Gifted Child believes that children, at birth, are inherently good, and she traces all forms of criminal deeds to past mistreatments.

Author Biography

ALICE MILLER (1923-2010) is the author of such classic works as The Drama of the Gifted Child, Prisoners of Childhood, The Body Never Lies, From Rage to Courage, and Free from Lies.