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The recent upsurge of fresh historical research concerning the early years of psychoanalysis has left many professional readers struggling to keep abreast of the latest findings and more than a little perplexed as to what it all adds up to. Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis addresses this state of affairs by providing in a single volume original essays by fourteen leading historians of psychoanalysis and philosophers of science; it is the most impressive collection of contemporary Freud scholarship yet to appear in print. The contributions span virtually the entirety of Freud's career, from his coming of professional age in Charcot's Paris to his clandestine rendesvous in the Harz Mountains with members of "The Committee" more than 30 years later. The collection also encompasses a host of conceptual issues, ranging from Freud's theory of dream formation to the impact of his conflicting masculine and feminine identifications on his attitude toward treatment. Beyond providing an invaluable overview of Freud's life and times, the volume will challenge readers to deeper reflection on a host of critical episodes and issues that have shaped the special character of the psychoanalytic endeavor. Indispensable as a reference work, Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis constitutes a rewarding and accesible introduction to rigorous historical research. It will be prozed by all who care deeply about the past and future of psychoanalytic theory.
The recent upsurge of fresh historical research concerning the early years of psychoanalysis has left many professional readers struggling to keep abreast of the latest findings and more than a little perplexed as to what it all adds up to. Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis addresses this state of affairs by providing in a single volume original essays by fourteen leading historians of psychoanalysis and philosophers of science; it is the most impressive collection of contemporary Freud scholarship yet to appear in print. The contributions span virtually the entirety of Freud's career, from his coming of professional age in Charcot's Paris to his clandestine rendesvous in the Harz Mountains with members of "The Committee" more than 30 years later. The collection also encompasses a host of conceptual issues, ranging from Freud's theory of dream formation to the impact of his conflicting masculine and feminine identifications on his attitude toward treatment. Beyond providing an invaluable overview of Freud's life and times, the volume will challenge readers to deeper reflection on a host of critical episodes and issues that have shaped the special character of the psychoanalytic endeavor. Indispensable as a reference work, Freud and the History of Psychoanalysis constitutes a rewarding and accesible introduction to rigorous historical research. It will be prozed by all who care deeply about the past and future of psychoanalytic theory.
"Charcot in Morocco" is the first-ever publication of Dr.
Jean-Martin Charcot's travel diary of his 1887 trip to Morocco.
Considered the father of neuropathology, Charcot (1825-1893) is a
seminal character in the history of neurology and psychology. His
Moroccan travel diary includes his "objective" observations of the
local Jewish community, which only fortified his assumptions about
the relationship between race and neuropathology. These became a
conspicuous feature of his ideas about the hereditary origins of
nervous ailments. His ideas - taught as doctrine to a vast
audience, including a young Sigmund Freud - reveal the convergence
of clinical observation and European anti-Semitism at the end of
the nineteenth century.
In the second half of the 19th century, Paris became an
international center for neurological studies largely because of
Jean-Martin Charcot and his Salpetriere School. Charcot was named
Professor of Diseases of the Nervous System at the University of
Paris in 1882, and thus helped institutionalize neurology as a
medical specialty. By then he had already published widely and had
assembled a team of research specialists and students who
approached the study of the nervous system through the celebrated
methode anatomo-clinique that correlated specific neurological
signs with discrete lesions in the central nervous system. Pushing
beyond the bounds of anatomical study, Charcot went on to study
hysteria, attracting both scientific and social notoriety.
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