The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry

by Henri F. Ellenberger (Author)

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This classic work is a monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind. In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiatrist and author demonstrates the long chain of development—through the exorcists, magnetists, and hypnotists—that led to the fruition of dynamic psychiatry in the psychological systems of Janet, Freud, Adler, and Jung.

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This classic work is a monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind. In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiatrist and author demonstrates the long chain of development that led to the fruition of dynamic psychiatry in the psychological systems of Janet, Freud, Adler, and Jung.

Paperback: 976 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (October 16, 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465016731
ISBN-13: 978-0465016730
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Bruce Lerro

Ghosts of Freud: The Unconscious Was Discoverd At Least a Century Before Freud

July 18, 2017

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Bruce Lerro Author: Forging Promethean Psychology: From the Middle Ages To The End of the 19th century

As most everyone knows, Freud discovered the unconscious, right? Wrong. Henri Ellenberger’s massive The Discovery of the Unconscious reveals that theories of the unconscious pre-date Freud by at least a century. Ellenberger describes in detail the very rich theories of the unconscious of Carus and von Hartman as well as the changing fortunes of theories of hypnosis including the work of Mesmer, Puysegur, Bergheim and Charcot. Unlike many histories of psychology, Ellenberger has a deep appreciation of how political and economic circumstances weave themselves into, under and around the field of psychology in shaping what it becomes. Ellenberger is not afraid to bring in insights into unconscious which is present in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche; the music of Schubert, and the literature of the double in the 19th century. An added bonus is a long chapter on the work of Pierre Janet. I must say that after reading this chapter I found Janet to be more than equal to Freud. This book has wonderful discussions in its footnotes. It written in a scholarly way but uses terms that could be understood by the lay educated person. The first half of the book covers the 18th and 19th centuries. The second half of the book covers the unconscious in the 20th century.. My only disappointment is that he did not include how the use of the five senses changed historically from touch and hearing in the Middle Ages to the rise of sight in the 18th century as documented by Constance Classen. Overall this is a terrific a terrific book.

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Dr. Ralph Kimbrough

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May 12, 2018

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very important book for an intellectual

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Jacob B.

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June 1, 2018

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Greatest book on the history of psychology ever written. Be prepared though. It is quite long.

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June 11, 2017

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Excellent book. Very thorough.

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Mrk

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September 12, 2015

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an absolute necessity...

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Sandy Sela-Smith, PhD

Valuable book, arrived in good condition.

August 9, 2013

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This was a replacement for a very tattered paper back. I am pleased to have a new copy of one of the most important books in my collection on psychology.

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A must-have book about the history of theories and models of the Unconscious

November 20, 2017

The book “The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry” is the most comprehensive encyclopedic study of the history of theories and models which describe the brain as being made up of a constellation of independent or semi-independent agents.
A must-have book if you want to study the history of theories and models of the Unconscious.

Additional supplementary materials on the same topic are the following books:

1) Psychological automatism: Essay of experimental psychology on the lower forms of human activity (French “L'automatisme psychologique: essai de psychologie expérimentale sur les formes inférieures de l'activité humaine”). Pierre Marie Félix Janet. 1889.
2) On the Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena. (German “Zur Psychologie und Pathologie sogenannter occulter Phanomene”). Carl Gustav Jung. 1903.
3) The Red Book. (or “Liber Novus” “The New Book”). Carl Gustav Jung. 1913-1917, book published in 2009.
4) In Search of the Miraculous. Fragments of an Unknown Teaching. Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii (rus. Пётр Демьянович Успенский) 1915 (book published in 1992).
5) Analytical Psychology. Carl Gustav Jung. 1935, book published in 2014.
6) The Origin of Consciousness in the Break-Down of the Bicameral Mind. Julian Jaynes. 1976.
7) Divided Consciousness: Multiple Controls in Human Thought and Action. Ernest Ropiequet "Jack" Hilgard. 1977 (original), 1986 (expanded edition).
8) The Integrated Mind. Michael S. Gazzaniga, Joseph E. LeDoux. 1978.
9) The Social Brain. Discovering the Networks of the Mind. Michael S. Gazzaniga. 1985.
10) The Society of Mind. Marvin Minsky. 1988
11) Evolution of Consciousness: The Origins of the Way We Think. Robert Ornstein. 1992.
12) Beyond the Conscious Mind. Unlocking the Secrets of the Self. Thomas R. Blakeslee. 1996.
13) Who’s in charge? Michael S. Gazzaniga. 2011.
14) The Phase. A Practical Guidebook. Michael Raduga (rus. Михаил Радуга). 2011.
15) Conscious Evolution 2.0. or what the Bible, alien abductions and near-death experiences all have in common? Michael Raduga. (rus. Михаил Радуга). 2011.
16) Cognitive Neuroscience. The Biology of the Mind. Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, George R. Mangun. 2014 (4th Edition).
17) The Future of the Mind. Michio Kaku. 2014
18) Tales from Both Sides of the Brain. A Life in Neuroscience. Michael S. Gazzaniga. 2015.

The best of these above mentioned books is the book “Beyond the Conscious Mind. Unlocking the Secrets of the Self” by Thomas R. Blakeslee (1996).
Beyond the Conscious Mind: Unlocking the Secrets of the Self

The ideas presented in the book “The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry” are further developed in “Neurocluster Brain Model” which analyses the processes in the brain from the point of view of the computer science.
The brain is a massively parallel computing machine which means that different areas of the brain process the information independently from each other.

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