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Studies in Hysteria (Penguin Classics)
by Sigmund Freud
Available from Powells Used Books
$8.95
on 8-20-2008
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ISBN Number: 9780142437490
Translator: Luckhurst, Nicola
Introduction: Bowlby, Rachel
Translator: Luckhurst, Nicola
Author: Breuer, Joseph
Author: Bowlby, Rachel
Author: Luckhurst, Nicola
Author: Freud, Sigmund
Translator: Luckhurst, Nicola
Publisher: Penguin Books
Subject: General
Subject: Neuropsychology
Subject: Psychoanalysis
Series: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: June 2004
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: General/trade
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 315
Book Size: 7.78x5.06x.65 in. .55 lbs.
Hysteriathe tormenting of the body by the troubled mindis among the most pervasive of human disorders; yet, at the same time, it is the most elusive. Freuds recognition that hysteria stemmed from traumas in the patients past transformed the way we think about sexuality. "Studies in Hysteria" is one of the founding texts of psychoanalysis, revolutionizing our understanding of love, desire, and the human psyche. As full of compassionate human interest as of scientific insight, these case histories are also remarkable, revelatory works of literature.
Book News Annotation: Rachel Bowlby (English, U. of York), who has written on women and
psychoanalysis, introduces five case histories that helped make the
"talking cure" in/famous. The volume also includes discussion of
theoretical issues, e.g. Freud on the relationship of hysteria to
bisexuality. Translated from Studien über Hysterie, Leipzig and
Vienna: Deuticke, 1895, by Luckhurst (U. of London). The prefaces to
the 1895 and original 1893 editions are included.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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