Mental Zoo Animals in the Human Mind and - Animals in the Human Mind and Its Pathology

Informationen zum Autor Akhtar, Salman Klappentext This book offers a detailed and thorough perspective on the psychological meanings of animals to human beings and on their role in the development of the human mind and its psychopathology. It presents a multitude of new observations on human interactions with animals. Zusammenfassung This book offers a detailed and thorough perspective on the psychological meanings of animals to human beings and on their role in the development of the human mind and its psychopathology. It presents a multitude of new observations on human interactions with animals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction -- Conceptual Backdrop -- Animals in Psychiatric Symptomatology -- Freud’s Menagerie -- Rat People -- Horses and Horsewomen -- The Wolf in the Consulting Room -- Other Animals -- Man’s Best Friend -- A Journey with Homo Aves Through the Human Aviary -- Snakes and Us -- Spider Phobias and Spider Fantasies -- The Cat People Revisited

Product details

• Authors: Salman Akhtar, Salman (EDT)/ Volkan Akhtar
• Assisted by: Salman Akhtar (Editor), Vamik D. Volkan (Editor), Vamık D. Volkan (Editor)
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9781782201670
• ISBN: 978-1-78220-167-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works