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'''''The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry''''' is a 1970 study of the history of dynamic psychiatry by the Swiss medical historian [[Henri Ellenberger|Henri F. Ellenberger]].<ref name="Webster">{{cite book |author=Webster, Richard |title=Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis |publisher=The Orwell Press |location=Oxford |year=2005 |pages=16 |isbn=0-9515922-5-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
'''''The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry''''' is a 1970 study of the history of dynamic psychiatry by the Swiss medical historian [[Henri Ellenberger|Henri F. Ellenberger]].<ref name="Webster">{{cite book |author=Webster, Richard |title=Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis |publisher=The Orwell Press |location=Oxford |year=2005 |pages=16 |isbn=0-9515922-5-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Its account of the early history of psychology covers the work of such figures as [[Franz Anton Mesmer]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Carl Jung]], [[Alfred Adler]], and [[Pierre Janet]]. The work been credited with demolishing the myth of Freud's originality and encouraging subsequent scholars to question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis. |
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==Contents== |
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''The Discovery of the Unconscious'' is a study of the history of dynamic psychiatry that covers the early history of psychology and the work of Freud, Jung, and Adler,<ref name="Gay">{{cite book |author=Gay, Peter |title=Freud: A Life for Our Time |publisher=Papermac |location=London |year=1995 |page=754 |isbn=0-333-48638-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> describing [[psychoanalysis]] and [[analytical psychology]] as forms of hermeneutics (the art or science of interpretation). Ellenberger compares both disciplines to the philosophical schools of Graeco-Roman antiquity.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book |author=Stevens, Anthony |title=On Jung |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |year=1991 |pages=178, 267 |isbn=0-14-012494-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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Ellenberger argues that a legend involving two main features developed around Freud: the first being, "the theme of the solitary hero struggling against a host of enemies, suffering the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' but triumphing in the end", and the second, "the blotting out of the greatest part of the scientific and cultural context in which psychoanalysis developed". The first aspect rested on exaggeration of the [[anti-Semitism]] Freud encountered, as well as overstatement of the hostility of the academic world and the Victorian prejudices that hampered psychoanalysis. The second aspect led to Freud being credited with the achievements of other people.<ref name="Webster" /> |
Ellenberger argues that a legend involving two main features developed around Freud: the first being, "the theme of the solitary hero struggling against a host of enemies, suffering the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' but triumphing in the end", and the second, "the blotting out of the greatest part of the scientific and cultural context in which psychoanalysis developed". The first aspect rested on exaggeration of the [[anti-Semitism]] Freud encountered, as well as overstatement of the hostility of the academic world and the Victorian prejudices that hampered psychoanalysis. The second aspect led to Freud being credited with the achievements of other people.<ref name="Webster" /> |
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Freud, according to Ellenberger, was heir to the Protestant ''Seelsorge'' or "Cure of Souls", a practice that arose after Protestant reformers abolished the ritual of confession. During the 19th century, the idea of unburdening oneself by confessing a shameful secret was gradually transferred from science to medicine, influencing |
Freud, according to Ellenberger, was heir to the Protestant ''Seelsorge'' or "Cure of Souls", a practice that arose after Protestant reformers abolished the ritual of confession. During the 19th century, the idea of unburdening oneself by confessing a shameful secret was gradually transferred from science to medicine, influencing Mesmer's [[animal magnetism]], and eventually Freud.<ref name="Webster" /> |
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''The Discovery of the Unconscious'' also provides a biography of [[Pierre Janet]] and a summary of his theories.<ref>{{cite book |author=Reed, Graham F. |editor=Gregory, Richard L. |title=The Oxford Companion to the Mind, Second edition |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=2007 |page=494 |isbn=0-19-866224-6 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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==Influence== |
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''The Discovery of the Unconscious'' has been credited by [[Frederick Crews]] with demolishing the myth of Freud's originality and encouraging subsequent scholars to question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.<ref>Crews, Frederick (1996) [http://www.cis.vt.edu/modernworld/d/Freudeval.html "The Verdict on Freud"]. ''Psychological Science, vol. 7'', No. 2.</ref> |
''The Discovery of the Unconscious'' has been credited by [[Frederick Crews]] with demolishing the myth of Freud's originality and encouraging subsequent scholars to question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.<ref>Crews, Frederick (1996) [http://www.cis.vt.edu/modernworld/d/Freudeval.html "The Verdict on Freud"]. ''Psychological Science, vol. 7'', No. 2.</ref> [[Anthony Stevens]] has made use of Ellenberger's concept of "creative illness", a rare condition whose onset usually occurs after a long period of intense illectual work, in his accounts of Freud and Jung.<ref name="Stevens" /> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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| Author | Henri F. Ellenberger |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 932 |
The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry is a 1970 study of the history of dynamic psychiatry by the Swiss medical historian
. The work been credited with demolishing the myth of Freud's originality and encouraging subsequent scholars to question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.Contents
The Discovery of the Unconscious is a study of the history of dynamic psychiatry that covers the early history of psychology and the work of Freud, Jung, and Adler,[2] describing psychoanalysis and analytical psychology as forms of hermeneutics (the art or science of interpretation). Ellenberger compares both disciplines to the philosophical schools of Graeco-Roman antiquity.[3]
Ellenberger argues that a legend involving two main features developed around Freud: the first being, "the theme of the solitary hero struggling against a host of enemies, suffering the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' but triumphing in the end", and the second, "the blotting out of the greatest part of the scientific and cultural context in which psychoanalysis developed". The first aspect rested on exaggeration of the
Freud, according to Ellenberger, was heir to the Protestant Seelsorge or "Cure of Souls", a practice that arose after Protestant reformers abolished the ritual of confession. During the 19th century, the idea of unburdening oneself by confessing a shameful secret was gradually transferred from science to medicine, influencing Mesmer's animal magnetism, and eventually Freud.[1]
The Discovery of the Unconscious also provides a biography of Pierre Janet and a summary of his theories.[4]
Influence
The Discovery of the Unconscious has been credited by Frederick Crews with demolishing the myth of Freud's originality and encouraging subsequent scholars to question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.[5] Anthony Stevens has made use of Ellenberger's concept of "creative illness", a rare condition whose onset usually occurs after a long period of intense illectual work, in his accounts of Freud and Jung.[3]
External links
- Complete online text: Questia
Bibliographic information
Ellenberger, Henri F. (1970) The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry. New York: Basic Books. Hardcover ISBN 0-465-01672-3, softcover ISBN 0-465-01672-3.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9515922-5-4.
- ISBN 0-333-48638-2.
- ^ ISBN 0-14-012494-2.
- ISBN 0-19-866224-6.
- ^ Crews, Frederick (1996) "The Verdict on Freud". Psychological Science, vol. 7, No. 2.