Studies On Hysteria
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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First published in 1895, Studies on Hysteria stands as one of the most consequential texts in the history of Western science — the founding document of psychoanalysis itself. Co-authored by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer, the work presents a series of landmark case studies, most famously that of Anna O., through which the authors argue that hysteria is not a physiological defect but a psychological one, rooted in repressed traumatic memories that manifest as physical symptoms. Through the revolutionary technique of the talking cure, the authors detail how bringing unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness could dissolve these symptoms entirely, laying the groundwork for an entirely new understanding of the human mind. Beyond its clinical significance, Studies on Hysteria is a work of profound literary and intellectual power, written with a narrative clarity that reads as much like case fiction as medical science — Freud himself famously noted that his case histories read like short stories. The text chronicles the tension between Breuer's more cautious methodology and Freud's increasingly bold theorising about sexuality and the unconscious, a productive friction that would eventually drive the two men apart and push Freud toward his later, more radical works. For anyone seeking to understand the origins of modern psychology, therapy, and our very conception of the self, this foundational volume remains as urgent and unsettling as the day it was written.
Author: Sigmund Freud & Joseph Breuer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
First published in 1895, Studies on Hysteria stands as one of the most consequential texts in the history of Western science — the founding document of psychoanalysis itself. Co-authored by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer, the work presents a series of landmark case studies, most famously that of Anna O., through which the authors argue that hysteria is not a physiological defect but a psychological one, rooted in repressed traumatic memories that manifest as physical symptoms. Through the revolutionary technique of the talking cure, the authors detail how bringing unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness could dissolve these symptoms entirely, laying the groundwork for an entirely new understanding of the human mind. Beyond its clinical significance, Studies on Hysteria is a work of profound literary and intellectual power, written with a narrative clarity that reads as much like case fiction as medical science — Freud himself famously noted that his case histories read like short stories. The text chronicles the tension between Breuer's more cautious methodology and Freud's increasingly bold theorising about sexuality and the unconscious, a productive friction that would eventually drive the two men apart and push Freud toward his later, more radical works. For anyone seeking to understand the origins of modern psychology, therapy, and our very conception of the self, this foundational volume remains as urgent and unsettling as the day it was written.