Sites of the Unconscious - Hypnosis and the Emergence of the Psychoanalytic Setting

Examines the relationship between hypnosis and psychoanalysis, showing how the theories and experimental techniques of hypnosis paved the way for the familiar psychoanalytic setting established by Freud. This title addresses the distinctive features of Freud's psychoanalytic setting.

About the author

Andreas Mayer is a research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. He is coauthor (with Lydia Marinelli) of "Dreaming By the Book: A History of Freud's 'The Interpretation of Dreams' and the Psychoanalytic Movement." Christopher Barber studied music and history at the State University of New York and history at the University of Vienna. His recent translations include "Freud Verbatim" and "The Secession Talks."

Summary

Examines the relationship between hypnosis and psychoanalysis, showing how the theories and experimental techniques of hypnosis paved the way for the familiar psychoanalytic setting established by Freud. This title addresses the distinctive features of Freud's psychoanalytic setting.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Mayer, Andreas/ Barber Mayer, Mayer Andreas
• Assisted by: Christopher Barber (Translation), Barber Christopher (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226057958
• ISBN: 978-0-226-05795-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SCIENCE / History, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, History of Science, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Hypnosis, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis