Hypnosis [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history / / Judith Pintar and Steven Jay Lynn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910146120803321
• Autore: Pintar Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-11596-0; 9786612115967; 1-4443-0529-8; 1-4443-0530-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Collana: Blackwell brief histories of psychology.
• Altri autori (Persone): LynnSteven J
• Disciplina: 154.7; 154.709
• Soggetti: Hypnotism; Psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: hypnosis; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 TRILBY AND SVENGALI; The Hypnotic Relation; The Nature of Hypnosis; Assessing the Myths of Hypnosis; From Trilby to Svengali; CHAPTER 2 ANIMAL MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC SLEEP; Origins of Animal Magnetism; Magnetism and Exorcism; Practicing Magnetism; Magnetism Assailed; Mesmerism Transformed; From Animal Magnetism to Magnetic Sleep; CHAPTER 3 MAGNETISM AND HYPNOSIS; Fluidism and Animism; Mesmerism at University College Hospital; Magnetism in Parlor and Sickroom; Mesmeric Anesthesia; Neurohypnology; From Magnetism to Hypnosis; CHAPTER 4 BODY AND SOULMesmerism in the United States; Phrenomagnetism and Electrobiology; Mesmerism and Spiritualism; Mesmerism and Swedenborgianism; New Thought and Christian Science; From Body to Soul; CHAPTER 5 SALPÊTRIÈRE AND NANCY; Hypnosis at the Salpêtrière; The Nancy Approach to Hypnosis; The Fall of Hypnosis; Hypnosis outside the Mainstream; From Salpêtrière to Nancy; CHAPTER 6 LABORATORY AND CLINIC; Hypnosis Research in the Early Twentieth Century; Hypnosis Research during the World Wars; ; Psychological Healing in the Early Twentieth Century; The Resurgence of Clinical Hypnosis; The Rise of Popular HypnosisFrom Laboratory to Clinic; CHAPTER 7 STATE AND TRAIT; Neodissociation Theory; Altered State Theories; Non-State Theories; Convergence in the State/Non-State Debate; The Trait Debate; From State to Trait; CHAPTER 8 MEMORY AND IDENTITY; Repression of Traumatic Memory; Hypnosis and Memory; Dissociation and Traumatic Memory; Challenges to the Posttraumatic Model; Hypnosis and Dissociation of Identity; From Memory to Identity; CHAPTER 9 PRESENT AND FUTURE; Medical Applications of Hypnosis; Psychotherapeutic Applications of Hypnosis; Unanswered Questions in the Trait DebateUnanswered Questions in the State Debate; From the Present to the Future; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Hypnosis: A Brief History crosses disciplinary boundaries to explain current advances and controversies surrounding the use of hypnosis through an exploration of the history of its development.examines the social and cultural contexts of the theories, development, and practice of hypnosiscrosses disciplinary boundaries to explain current advances and controversies in hypnosisexplores shifting beliefs about the nature of hypnosisinvestigates references to the apparent power of hypnosis over memory and personal identity