Studies on Hysteria (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Josef Breuer
- First Published: 1893
- Type of Work: Psychological study
- Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology
- Subjects: Human behavior, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Hypnotism, Neuroses
Critical Evaluation:
STUDIES ON HYSTERIA is the fascinating account of the invention of the first scientific method for analyzing the human mind. Leaving aside the question of what share of the book should be attributed to each author, we can follow the first steps in the invention of free-association psychoanalysis as the method was developed and as its originators overcame the obstacles that questioned its validity. The five case histories illustrate these obstacles and the manner in which Breuer and Freud developed the tools of psychoanalysis as a way to treat...
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