Trauma : a genealogy / Ruth Leys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leys, Ruth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma.

Traumatic neuroses.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--psychology.

Dissociative Disorders--psychology.

Neurotic Disorders--psychology.

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--psychology.

Dissociative Disorders--psychology.

Neurotic Disorders--psychology.

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Physical Description:

x, 318 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Summary:

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionIFreud and TraumaIIThe Real Miss Beauchamp: An Early Case of Traumatic DissociationIIITraumatic Cures: Shell Shock, Janet, and the Question of MemoryIVImitation Magic: Sandor Ferenczi and Abram Kardiner on Psychic TraumaVThe Hysterical Lie: Ferenczi and the Problem of SimulationVISplinting the Mind: William Sargant and Catharsis in World War IIVIIThe Science of the Literal: The Neurobiology of TraumaVIIIThe Pathos of the Literal: Trauma and the Crisis of RepresentationConclusionIndex

Contents:

I Freud and Trauma 18

II The Real Miss Beauchamp: An Early Case of Traumatic Dissociation 41

III Traumatic Cures: Shell Shock, Janet, and the Question of Memory 83

IV Imitation Magic: Sandor Ferenczi and Abram Kardiner on Psychic Trauma 120

V The Hysterical Lie: Ferenczi and the Problem of Simulation 153

VI Splinting the Mind: William Sargant and Catharsis in World War II 190

VII The Science of the Literal: the Neurobiology of Trauma 229

VIII The Pathos of the Literal: Trauma and the Crisis of Representation 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226477657

0226477665

OCLC:

42652736