Trauma A Genealogy

Name: Trauma A Genealogy
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ISBN: 9780226477664

ISBN-10: 0226477665

ISBN-13: 9780226477664

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ruth Leys

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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, Saacute;ndor Ferenczi's revisions of psychoanalysis, and the mutually reinforcing, often problematic work of…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Freud and Trauma



The Real Miss Beauchamp: An Early Case of Traumatic Dissociation



Traumatic Cures: Shell Shock, Janet, and the Question of Memory



Imitation Magic: Sandor Ferenczi and Abram Kardiner on Psychic Trauma



The Hysterical Lie: Ferenczi and the Problem of Simulation



Splinting the Mind: William Sargant and Catharsis in World War II



The Science of the Literal: the Neurobiology of Trauma



The Pathos of the Literal: Trauma and the Crisis of Representation


Conclusion


Index