Beyond the Unconscious

Henri F. Ellenberger, the Swiss medical historian, is best known today as the author of The Discovery of the Unconscious (1970), a brilliant, encyclopedic study of psychiatric theory and therapy from primitive times to the mid-twentieth century. However, in addition to this well-known work, Ellenberger has written over thirty essays in the history of the mental sciences. This collection unites fourteen of Ellenberger's most interesting and methodologically innovative historical essays, many of which draw on new and rich bodies of primary materials. Several of the articles appear here in English translation for the first time.

The essays deal with subjects such as the intellectual origins of psychoanalysis, the work of the French psychological school of Jean-Martin Charcot and Pierre Janet, the role of the "great patients" in the history of psychiatry, and the cultural history of psychiatry. The publication of these writings, which corresponds with the opening in Paris of the Institut Henri Ellenberger, truly establishes Ellenberger as the founding figure of the historiography of psychiatry. Accompanying the essays are an extensive interpretive introduction and a detailed bibliographical essay by the editor.

ISBN	0691085501	DEWEY	616.89009
ISBN13	9780691085500 (What's this?)	DEWEY edition	DC20
Publisher	Princeton University Press	Pages	428
Imprint	Princeton University Press	Weight (grammes)	810
Format	Hardback	Published in	New Jersey
Publication date	17 Aug 1993	Height (mm)	242
Translator	Francoise Dubor, Mark S. Micale	Width (mm)	160
Library of Congress	RC438.E635	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Henri F. Ellenberger and the Origins of European Psychiatric Historiography	3
	The Biographical View	3
	The Discovery of the Unconscious: Anatomy of a Historical Masterwork	16
	The Historical Essays: Eight Themes	45
	Ellenberger's Place and Significance Today	79
Pt. 1	Freud and Early Psychoanalysis	87
1	Fechner and Freud	89
2	Moritz Benedikt (1835-1920): An Insufficiently Appreciated Pioneer of Psychoanalysis	104
3	Freud's Lecture on Masculine Hysteria (October 15, 1886): A Critical Study	119
Pt. 2	Figures and Movements in the History of the Mental Sciences	137
4	Charcot and the Salpetriere School	139
5	Pierre Janet, Philosopher	155
6	The Scope of Swiss Psychology	176
7	The Life and Work of Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922)	192
Pt. 3	The Great Patients	237
8	Psychiatry and Its Unknown History	239
9	The Story of "Anna O.": A Critical Review with New Data	254
10	The Story of "Emmy von N.": A Critical Study with New Documents	273
11	C. G. Jung and the Story of Helene Preiswerk: A Critical Study with New Documents	291
Pt. 4	Themes in the History of Psychiatric Ideas	307
12	The Fallacies of Psychiatric Classification	309
13	The Concept of "Maladie Creatrice"	328
14	The Pathogenic Secret and Its Therapeutics	341
	Appendices	361
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Essays of Henri F.Ellenberger in the History of Psychiatry

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