Henri F. Ellenberger, the Swiss medical historian, is best
remembered today as the author of "The Discovery of the
Unconscious" (1970), a brilliant, encyclopedic study of psychiatric
theory and therapy from primitive times to the mid-twentieth
century. However, in addition to this well-known work, Ellenberger
has written over thirty essays in the history of the mental
sciences. This collection unites fourteen of Ellenberger's most
interesting and methodologically innovative historical essays, many
of which draw on new and rich bodies of primary materials. Several
of the articles appear here in English translation for the first
time.
The essays deal with subjects such as the intellectual origins
of psycho-analysis, the work of the French psychological school of
Jean-Martin Charcot and Pierre Janet, the role of the "great
patients" in the history of psychiatry, and the cultural history of
psychiatry. The publication of these writings, which corresponds
with the opening in Paris of the Institut Henri Ellenberger, truly
establishes Ellenberger as the founding figure of the
historiography of psychiatry. Accompanying the essays are an
extensive interpretive introduction and a detailed bibliographical
essay by the editor.
Originally published in 1993.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
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