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Informationen zum Autor Judith Pintar is ahistorical sociologist whose work focuses on trauma and mental illness. She is a research associate in the Department of Sociology and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has written numerous book chapters and articles and is the author of two books. Steven Jay Lynn is a leading clinical psychologist and hypnosis expert. He is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and the author of 14 books and more than 250 articles and chapters. His work has been featured in the New York Times , the Discovery Channel , and Science News . Klappentext Throughout its long history, hypnosis has been employed not only as a medical and psychotherapeutic tool, but also as a spiritual practice and an enduring form of entertainment. Theories about hypnosis, as well as popular ideas about its nature, have been repeatedly championed, rejected, and revived - and in the process have continuously contradicted, influenced, and fed back into one another. Hypnosis: A Brief History examines the social and cultural contexts of the theories, development, and practice of hypnosis, weaving together three narratives: the story of hypnosis as an array of contradictory theories, a set of controversial techniques, and a jumble of colorful ideas unfolding in the popular imagination. This concise and entertaining book crosses disciplinary boundaries to explain current advances and controversies surrounding the use of hypnosis through an exploration of the history of its development. Zusammenfassung examines the social and cultural contexts of the theories, development, and practice of hypnosis crosses disciplinary boundaries to explain current advances and controversies in hypnosis explores shifting beliefs about the nature of hypnosis investigates references to the apparent power of hypnosis over memory and personal identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations x Preface xi Chapter 1 Trilby and Svengali 1 The Hypnotic Relation 2 The Nature of Hypnosis 6 Assessing the Myths of Hypnosis 8 From Trilby to Svengali 9 Chapter 2 Animal Magnetism and Magnetic Sleep 12 Origins of Animal Magnetism 13 Magnetism and Exorcism 15 Practicing Magnetism 17 Magnetism Assailed 20 Mesmerism Transformed 23 From Animal Magnetism to Magnetic Sleep 24 Chapter 3 Magnetism and Hypnosis 31 Fluidism and Animism 32 Mesmerism at University College Hospital 35 Magnetism in Parlor and Sickroom 39 Mesmeric Anesthesia 40 Neurohypnology 43 From Magnetism to Hypnosis 46 Chapter 4 Body and Soul 54 Mesmerism in the United States 55 Phrenomagnetism and Electrobiology 57 Mesmerism and Spiritualism 61 Mesmerism and Swedenborgianism 63 New Thought and Christian Science 66 From Body to Soul 70 Chapter 5 Salpêtrière and Nancy 76 Hypnosis at the Salpêtrière 77 The Nancy Approach to Hypnosis 81 The Fall of Hypnosis 84 Hypnosis outside the Mainstream 87 From Salpêtrière to Nancy 92 Chapter 6 Laboratory and Clinic 98 Hypnosis Research in the Early Twentieth Century 99 Hypnosis Research during the World Wars 103 Psychological Healing in the Early Twentieth Century 106 The Resurgence of Clinical Hypnosis 108 The Rise of Popular Hypnosis 111 From Laboratory to Clinic 113 Chapter 7 State and Trait 120 Neodissociation Theory 121 Altered State Theories 123 Non-State Theories 126 Convergence in the State/Non-State Debate 130 The Trait Debate 133 From State to Trait 134 Chapter 8 Memory and Identity 143 Re...
