Trauma : A Genealogy


Ruth. Leys
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2010.
Omfang
1 online resource (329 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Freud and Trauma; II. The Real Miss Beauchamp: An Early Case of Traumatic Dissociation; III. Traumatic Cures: Shell Shock, Janet, and the Question of Memory; IV. Imitation Magic: Sandor Ferenczi and Abram Kardiner on Psychic Trauma; V. The Hysterical Lie: Ferenczi and the Problem of Simulation; VI. Splinting the Mind: William Sargant and Catharsis in World War II; VII. The Science of the Literal: The Neurobiology of Trauma; VIII. The Pathos of the Literal: Trauma and the Crisis of Representation; Conclusion; Index. - Psychic trauma is one of the most frequently invoked ideas in the behavioral sciences and the humanities today. Yet bitter disputes have marked the discussion of trauma ever since it first became an issue in the 1870s, growing even more heated in recent years following official recognition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).In a book that is bound to ignite controversy, Ruth Leys investigates the history of the concept of trauma. She explores the emergence of multiple personality disorder, Freud's approaches to trauma, medical responses to shellshock and combat fatigue, Sánd
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0226477657. - 0226477665. - 9780226477657. - 9780226477664

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