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'A frankly brilliant book' The Guardian 'An extraordinarily
engrossing and wide-ranging analysis of a word and a concept. I
fell under its spell immediately' Simon Garfield In 1953, a group
of prisoners of war who had fought against the communist invasion
of South Korea were released. They chose - apparently freely - to
move to Mao's China. Among those refusing repatriation were
twenty-one American GIs. Their decision sparked alarm in the West:
why didn't they want to come home? What was going on? Soon, people
were saying that the POWs' had been 'brainwashed'. Was this
something new or a phenomenon that has been around for centuries?
The belief that it is possible to marshal scientific knowledge to
govern someone's mind gained enormous attention. In an era of Cold
War paranoia and experimentation on 'altered states', the idea of
brainwashing flourished, appearing in everything from critiques of
CIA research on LSD to warnings of corporate groupthink, from
visions of automaton assassins to conspiracy theories about 'global
elites'. Today, brainwashing is almost taken for granted - built
into our psychological and political language, rooted in the way we
think about minds and societies. How did we get to this point - and
why? Psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick delves into the
mysterious world of brainwashing in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries, from The Manchurian Candidate to ISIS, TV advertising to
online algorithms. Mixing fascinating case studies with historical
and psychological insights, Brainwashed is a stimulating journey
into the mysteries of thought control.
This book focuses on theoretical, methodological, and empirical
issues arising from inconsistencies between neoclassical trade
theory and actual international commerce in processed food and
beverages. It explores some international implications of vertical
markets in the processed food sector.
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new
insights into the history of political thought and clinical
knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians
and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses and
abuses of 'the talking cure' and map the diverse psychologies and
therapeutic practices that have featured in and against tyrannical,
modern regimes. These essays show both how the Freudian movement
responded to and was transformed by the rise of fascism and
communism, the Second World War, and the Cold War, and how powerful
new ideas about aggression, destructiveness, control, obedience and
psychological freedom were taken up in the investigation of
politics. They identify important intersections between clinical
debate, political analysis, and theories of minds and groups, and
trace influential ideas about totalitarianism that took root in
modern culture after 1918, and still resonate in the twenty-first
century. At the same time, they suggest how the emergent discourses
of 'totalitarian' society were permeated by visions of the
unconscious. Topics include: the psychoanalytic theorizations of
anti-Semitism; the psychological origins and impact of Nazism; the
post-war struggle to rebuild liberal democracy; state-funded
experiments in mind control in Cold War America; coercive
're-education' programmes in Eastern Europe, and the role of
psychoanalysis in the politics of decolonization. A concluding trio
of chapters argues, in various ways, for the continuing relevance
of psychoanalysis, and of these mid-century debates over the
psychology of power, submission and freedom in modern mass society.
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism will prove compelling
for both specialists and readers with a general interest in modern
psychology, politics, culture and society, and in psychoanalysis.
The material is relevant for academics and post-graduate students
in the human, social and political sciences, the clinical
professions, the historical profession and the humanities more
widely.
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new
insights into the history of political thought and clinical
knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians
and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses and
abuses of 'the talking cure' and map the diverse psychologies and
therapeutic practices that have featured in and against tyrannical,
modern regimes. These essays show both how the Freudian movement
responded to and was transformed by the rise of fascism and
communism, the Second World War, and the Cold War, and how powerful
new ideas about aggression, destructiveness, control, obedience and
psychological freedom were taken up in the investigation of
politics. They identify important intersections between clinical
debate, political analysis, and theories of minds and groups, and
trace influential ideas about totalitarianism that took root in
modern culture after 1918, and still resonate in the twenty-first
century. At the same time, they suggest how the emergent discourses
of 'totalitarian' society were permeated by visions of the
unconscious. Topics include: the psychoanalytic theorizations of
anti-Semitism; the psychological origins and impact of Nazism; the
post-war struggle to rebuild liberal democracy; state-funded
experiments in mind control in Cold War America; coercive
're-education' programmes in Eastern Europe, and the role of
psychoanalysis in the politics of decolonization. A concluding trio
of chapters argues, in various ways, for the continuing relevance
of psychoanalysis, and of these mid-century debates over the
psychology of power, submission and freedom in modern mass society.
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism will prove compelling
for both specialists and readers with a general interest in modern
psychology, politics, culture and society, and in psychoanalysis.
The material is relevant for academics and post-graduate students
in the human, social and political sciences, the clinical
professions, the historical profession and the humanities more
widely.
This book is based on the proceedings of a conference held in June
1996 under co-sponsorship of the International Agricultural Trade
Consortium and The Retail Food Industry Center. The International
Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (lA TRC) is a group of 160
economists from 16 countries who are interested in fostering
research relating to international trade of agricultural products
and commodities and providing a forum for the exchange of ideas.
Each summer the IATRC sponsors a symposium on a topic relating to
trade and trade policy from which proceedings are published. A list
of past symposia and related publications may be obtained from
Laura Bipes, IATRC Executive Director, Department of Applied
Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108.
What is a dream? Dreams are universal, but their perceived significance and conceptual framework change over time. This book provides new perspectives on the history of dreams and dream interpretation in western culture and thought. Dreams and History contains important new scholarship on Freud's Interpretation of Dreams (1900) and subsequent psychoanalytical approaches from distinguished historians, psychoanalysts, historians of science and anthropologists. This collection celebrates and evaluates Freud's landmark intellectual production, whilst placing it in historical context. A modern view of psychoanalysis, it also discusses the controversial idea of the role of the external world on the shaping of unconscious mental contents. In highly accessible language it proceeds through a series of richly illustrated case studies, providing new source materials and debates about the causes, meanings and consequences of dreams, past and present: from Victorian anthropological exploration of ancient Greek dream sources to peasant interpretation of dream-life in communist Russia; from concepts of the dream in sixteenth-century England to visual images in nineteenth-century symbolist painting in France. Dreams and History will fascinate those interested not only in psychoanalysis and history, but also arts, culture, humanities and literature.
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What is a dream? Dreams are universal, but their perceived significance and conceptual framework change over time. This book provides new perspectives on the history of dreams and dream interpretation in western culture and thought. Dreams and History contains important new scholarship on Freud's Interpretation of Dreams (1900) and subsequent psychoanalytical approaches from distinguished historians, psychoanalysts, historians of science and anthropologists. This collection celebrates and evaluates Freud's landmark intellectual production, whilst placing it in historical context. A modern view of psychoanalysis, it also discusses the controversial idea of the role of the external world on the shaping of unconscious mental contents. In highly accessible language it proceeds through a series of richly illustrated case studies, providing new source materials and debates about the causes, meanings and consequences of dreams, past and present: from Victorian anthropological exploration of ancient Greek dream sources to peasant interpretation of dream-life in communist Russia; from concepts of the dream in sixteenth-century England to visual images in nineteenth-century symbolist painting in France. Dreams and History will fascinate those interested not only in psychoanalysis and history, but also arts, culture, humanities and literature.
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This book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of "degeneration" from 1848 to 1918, with particular reference to France, Italy, and England. The author shows how in the refraction and wake of evolution and naturalism, new images and theories of atavism, "dégénérescence" and socio-biological decline emerged in European culture and politics. He indicates the wide cultural and political importance of the idea of degeneration, while showing that the notion could mean different things at different times in different places. Exploring the distinctive historical and discursive contexts in France, Italy, and England within which the idea was developed, the book traces the profound complex of political issues to which the concept of degeneration gave rise during the period from the revolutions of 1848 to the First World War and beyond.
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Trilby (Paperback, New ed)
Daniel Pick, George Du Maurier
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In the Latin Quarter of Paris, Trilby O'Ferrall - graceful,
charming and innocent - is working as an artist's model. Her
ingenuous nature makes her the perfect prey for the cruel magnetism
of the demonic musician Svengali, under whose spell she falls.
Using hypnotic powers Svengali shapes her into a virtuoso singer
and soon she becomes Europe's most captivating soprano. But her
golden voice, and even her life, will become fatally tied to him.
With its thrilling plot and legendary villain, Trilby caused a
sensation when it appeared in 1894, spawning songs, shoes and, most
famously, the Trilby hat. Yet it is also a fascinating portrayal of
its times, holding up a mirror to fin de siecle obsessions with
sexuality, mesmerism and the occult.
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a
revolutionary theory of how the mind works, whilst some of its
ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday
conversation. In Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction, Daniel
Pick offers a lucid, lively, and wide-ranging survey of
psychoanalysis. This book offers the reader a flavour of what it
might be like to enter treatment, and suggests the possible
surprises that can await both analyst and patient, as well as the
potential benefits. Yet whilst Freud's writings have shaped the way
many of us understand dreams, desires, and destructiveness, as well
as anxieties, blunders, and guilt, numerous critics have warned of
the dangerous methods and time-bound assumptions of psychoanalysis,
doubted the efficacy of its drawn-out methods, and dismissed its
core claims as pseudo-science. Looking at modern ideas of the self,
exploring the nature of unconscious aspects of relationships, and
considering how psychoanalysis has evolved, Pick ponders the
particular challenges now facing the analytic profession, and shows
why psychoanalysis remains an important resource for investigating
the mind, its creative functioning and many afflictions. ABOUT THE
SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University
Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.
These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new
subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis,
perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and
challenging topics highly readable.
The story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi
Germany - in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind.
Daniel Pick brings both the skills of the historian and the trained
psychoanalyst to weave together the story of clinical encounters
with leading Nazis and the Allies' broader interpretations of the
Nazi high command and the mentality of the wider German public who
supported them.
Following the bizarre capture of Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in
1941, Pick follows closely the story of how leading British
psychiatrists assessed their new charge, in an attempt to
understand both the man himself and the psychological bases of his
Nazi convictions. At the same time, he uncovers the story of how a
team of American officers working for the OSS, the forerunner of
the CIA, were engaged in an attempt to understand Hitler's
personality from afar, using the theories and techniques of Sigmund
Freud.
Drawing upon a large cache of archives on both sides of the
Atlantic, Pick asks what such psychoanalytical and psychiatric
investigations set out to do, showing how Freud's famous 'talking
cure' was harnessed to the particular needs of military
intelligence during the war and the task of post-war reconstruction
that followed. Looking beyond this, he then shows just how deeply
post-war Western understandings of how minds work and groups
operate were influenced by these wartime attempts to interpret the
pychopathology of Nazism.
Auf dem Gebiet des Vertragsrechts wird seit langem lebhaft darüber
diskutiert, inwieweit die zunehmende Beschränkung der
Vertragsfreiheit gerechtfertigt ist. Für das Deliktsrecht hat sich
eine diesbezügliche Diskussion erst ansatzweise entwickelt, obwohl
sich auch dieser Bereich durch eine zunehmende Beschränkung der
Handlungsfreiheit des potentiellen Schädigers auszeichnet. Die
bedeutendste Rolle in dem Prozess der zunehmenden
Haftungsverschärfung kommt dabei den Verkehrspflichten zu, deren
Verhaltensgebote und -verbote heute nahezu alle Lebensbereiche
erfassen. Dieser Arbeit liegt deshalb die Frage zugrunde, ob und
inwiefern die Handlungsfreiheit des potentiellen Schädigers im
ausufernden System der deliktischen Verkehrspflichten ausreichende
Berücksichtigung findet.
Svengali, the malevolent hypnotist in a sensationally successful
novel published by George du Maurier in 1894, became such a
well-known character in the culture of the period that his name
entered the dictionary as one who exerts a malign persuasiveness on
another. This book explores the origins and impact of Svengali and
his helplessly mesmerized female victim Trilby in an age already
rife with discussions of race, influence, and the unconscious mind.
Daniel Pick points out that Svengali was a Jew as well as a
dangerous hypnotist; his depiction struck a chord not only with
pervasive nineteenth-century forebodings about irrational
interpersonal forces and psychic contacts but also with prevalent
anti-Semitic assumptions. He shows how Svengali became the
quintessential dark hypnotist of the fin de siecle, whose image was
recycled in pictures, drama, verse, and films. Pick not only
discusses the work of mesmerists, hypnotists, and critics of
entrancement but also relates tales of surrogate passion and
psychological foreboding that feature opera singer Jenny Lind,
composer Richard Wagner, politician Benjamin Disraeli, novelist
Henry James, and others. The book identifies and illuminates a
psychological and historical preoccupation-a cluster of Victorian
ideas and images, fears and fantasies of psychic invasion and
racial hypnosis that crystallized in the figure and phenomenon of
Svengali.
This fascinating book examines Western perceptions of war in and
beyond the nineteenth century, surveying the writings of novelists,
anthropologists, psychiatrists, poets, natural scientists, and
journalists to trace the origins of modern philosophies about the
nature of war and conflict. Daniel Pick compares philosophical and
historical models of conflict with fictions of invasion and
biological speculation about the nature and value of conquest. He
discusses the work of such familiar commentators on war as
Clausewitz, Engels, and von Bernhardi, and examines little-known
writings by Proudhon, De Quincey, Ruskin, Valery, and many others.
He explores nineteenth-century English fears of French
contamination through the Channel Tunnel and the widespread
continuing dread of German domination. And he analyzes the history
of the widely-shared European belief that war is beneficial or at
least functionally necessary. A central theme of the book is the
disturbing relationship between machinery and destruction.
According to Pick, relentless technological progress and the
irresistible rise of the military-industrial complex risks turning
conflict into little more than a sophisticated game played out by
high-precision automata. Shorn of human agency or responsibility,
war could become technologically unstoppable, a flawless mechanism
for human slaughter.
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