When Freud Came to America (http://chronicle.com/article/Freuds-Visit-to-Clark-U/48424/) By Russell Jacoby, chronicle.com | September 21, 2009

‘One hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud arrived in the United States on his first and only visit. As the George Washington pulled into New York Harbor, he supposedly remarked to Carl Jung, who accompanied him, “They don’t realize that we are bringing them the plague.”…

‘…Later critics … forget to what extent he showed up as a militant sexual reformer. He wanted to be able to talk about sexual desire and liberalize sexual practices. He made no effort to mute that message….

‘…But Freud did not defend psychoanalysis on the basis of its therapeutic effectiveness; he had other, perhaps more imperial ambitions…’