Josef Breuer (1) (1842–1925)
Teoksen Studies in Hysteria tekijä
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Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1842-01-15
- Kuolinaika
- 1925-06-20
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- Austria
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
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Associated Authors
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 504
- Suosituimmuussija
- #49,151
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.6
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 2
- ISBN:t
- 32
- Kielet
- 7
Written together with his early mentor Joseph Breuer, we see cases and ideas here from each as their approaches were just starting to diverge. We see how the psychoanalytic method emerges gradually from an hypnosis-based method, to conscious talking therapy approach. We see how his ideas on repression and the subconscious came from early experiences with hysterical patients, their thoughts, behaviours, delusions, and the underlying factors and experiences that led to their genesis. We also see the beginning of the link of mental disturbances to traumatic (often, though not exclusively) childhood experiences, and the explanation of these as a subconscious defense mechanism, mediated by repression.
The five case studies here run to about 130 pages, which is followed by around 60 pages each from Freud and Breuer on the interpretation of the cases, and the theoretical development based on these. There is also a good introduction and preface that puts the whole work into context, making the volume up to about 400 pages in total.
Really a fascinating insight into the birth of the Freudian movement - you can feel the movement of the gray cells as you turn the pages. Not in itself an accurate representation of Freud’s mature theories, but fascinating to those interested in how they came to be.… (lisätietoja)