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Catalepsy, Memory and Suggestion in Psychological Automatism: Total Automatism

Catalepsy, Memory and Suggestion in Psychological Automatism: Total Automatism

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The first volume of Pierre Janet's L'Automatisme psychologique, originally published in 1889, examines catalepsy, memory, and suggestion, and is a fundamental contribution to our understanding of trauma-related dissociation. This work is of great interest to researchers and students of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and modernism, as well as psychotherapists and psychoanalysts working with clients who have experienced trauma.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 158 pages
Publication date: 05 November 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


"Pierre Janet's L'Automatisme psychologique, originally published in 1889, stands as one of the pioneering and seminal works in the field of trauma and dissociation. This groundbreaking text, now presented in two volumes for the first time in English, has been freshly introduced with a new preface by Giuseppe Craparo and Onno van der Hart.

In the first volume, Catalepsy, Memory, and Suggestion in Psychological Automatism, Janet delves into three crucial aspects of trauma and dissociation. He begins by examining catalepsy and related states, comparing catalepsy to somnambulism and exploring the phenomena of memory, forgetting, and somnambulism. Furthermore, Janet delves into the realms of suggestion, amnesia, distraction, and the characteristics of individuals who are susceptible to suggestion.

Janet's work, an unparalleled experimental study of human actions in their most basic and primitive forms, constitutes a fundamental contribution to our understanding of trauma-related dissociation. This seminal work holds immense interest for researchers and scholars in psychoanalysis, philosophy, modernism, as well as psychotherapists and psychoanalysts who work with clients who have undergone traumatic experiences.

To accompany this remarkable text, Subconscious Acts, Anesthesias, and Psychological Disaggregation in Psychological Automatism: Partial Automatism has been included. This supplementary material provides further insights into the intricate world of psychological automatism and its applications."

Weight: 276g
Dimension: 154 x 233 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367254117

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