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Relevance of Freud today?

Not sure if i should be posting on the psychology forum or psychoanalysis etc. but ill start here. I was reading Laclau's On populist reason to understand more about floating signifiers. All was good for the first two chapters or so until he started descending into Freudian territory. My impression of academic Freudian theory is that it is used to understand how past theoretical thinkers utilize his theory, or to understand revised (better) versions of his. But it seems to me that he (among other thinkers such as zizek, lacan?) interprets and take his concepts such as the oedipus complex, identification etc. quite literally. I am not sure if it is worth delving into the whole corpus of Freud's text into order to understand Laclau (or Lacan etc. for that matter). I wonder what you guys think?
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Freuds’s theories have impacted nearly every field in the humanities and are well worth reading. Having a strong basis in Freuds theories allows you to develop your understanding of the psyche and humanity by allowing you to enter the conversation. I’d highly recommend Ian Craib as well for an introduction to Psychoanalysis.