Throughout its long history, hypnosis has been employed not only as a medicaland psychotherapeutic tool, but also as a spiritual practice and an enduring form of entertainment. Hypnosis: A Brief History examines the social and cultural contexts of the theories, development, and practice of hypnosis, weaving together three narratives: the story of hypnosis as an array of contradictory theories, a set of controversial techniques, and a jumble of colorful ideas unfolding in the popular imagination. This concise and entertaining book explainscurrent advances and controversies surrounding the use of hypnosis through anexploration of the history of its development. INDICE: Preface.1. Trilby and Svengali.The Hypnotic Relation.The Nature ofHypnosis.Assessing the Myths of Hypnosis.From Trilby to Svengali.2. Magnetic Fluid and Magnetic Sleep.Origins of Animal Magnetism.Mesmerism and Exorcism.Practicing Mesmerism.Mesmerism Assailed.Mesmerism Transformed.From Magnetic Fluid to Magnetic Sleep.3. Mesmerism and Hypnosis.Fluidism and Animism.Mesmerism at University College Hospital.Mesmerism in Parlor and Sickroom.Mesmeric Anaesthesia.Neurypnology.From Magnetism to Hypnosis.4. Body and Soul.Mesmerism in the United States.Phrenomagnetism and Electrobiology.Mesmerism and Spiritualism.Mesmerism and Swedenborgianism.New Thought and Christian Science.From Body to Soul.5. Salpêtrière and Nancy.Hypnosis at the Salpêtrière.The Nancy Approach to Hypnosis.The Fall of Hypnosis.Hypnosis outside of the Mainstream.From Salpêtrière to Nancy.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 Hypnosis.From Laboratory to Clinic.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.8. Memory and Identity.Repression of Traumatic Memory.Hypnosis and Memory.Dissociation and Traumatic Memory.Challenges to the Post-Traumatic Model.Hypnosis and Dissociation of Identity.From Memory to Identity.9. Present and Future.Medical Applications of Hypnosis.Psychotherapeutic Applications of Hypnosis.Unanswered Questions in the Trait Debate.Unanswered Questions in the State Debate.From the Present to the Future.References.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-3451-4
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 26/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés