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Loading... Dora: An Analysis of A Case of Hysteria (1915)by Sigmund Freud
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. After studying this book for my doctoral exams, I have my own conclusions about this book. This is why I am classifying it as fiction, as well as nonfiction. (  ) LuanneCastle | Mar 5, 2022 |  This is basic and straightforward Freud. For those initially seeking to understand him and his thesis', I believe that it is important. However, to those who have read his other material (particularly his important works) I feel that it is much less fundamental and important to the overall understanding of Freud and the mechanics that drove his work. Overall, a satisfactory read. (  ) DanielSTJ | Dec 17, 2018 | In "Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" Sigmund Freud established the method and pattern of scientific documentation of what we now call a case study. One thing he did was to give his patient a pseudonym so as to protect her from being identified. He continued the practice by ascribing to the people relevant to her case by a single initial. It is clear that "hysteria" is no longer a diagnosis, nor a condition. Freud was a person of his time and he wrote the book a century ago. But, it is an interesting read, largely for seeing how he was developing psychological study as a science. Remember, prior to Freud and his contemporaries the prevalent idea in studying behavior was phrenology, in which people read the topography of a person's head in order to infer things about their personality and behavior. Freud was a leader of the movement to create a proper science in psychology to replace the pseudoscience of phrenology. And this book is a historical example of sometimes stumbling in that process, while also laying groundwork for development. I recommend this book for anyone interested in the history of psychology. ( ) JoshuaMichail | Sep 29, 2017 | Interesting and enjoyable read. Exposes certain of what are, in my opinion, the shortcomings of the psychoanalytic mode of reasoning (e.g., and disagreement with an analysis is a resistance) and its general lack of a method that resembles hypothesis-test-refutation/confirmation. ( ) lukeasrodgers | Sep 22, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
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'I very soon had an opportunity to interpret Dora's nervous coughing as the outcome of a fantasized sexual situation.'A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what they told him. The 18-year-old 'Dora' was sent for psychoanalysis by her father after threatening suicide; as Freud's enquiries deepened, he uncovered a remarkablyunhappy and conflict-ridden family, with several competing versions of their story. The narrative became a crucial text in the evolution of his theories, combining his studies on hysteria and his new theory of dream-interpretation with early insights into the development of sexuality.The unwitting preconceptions and prejudices with which Freud approached his patient reveal his blindness and the broader attitudes of turn-of-the-century Viennese society, while his account of 'Dora's' emotional travails is as gripping as a modern novel.This new translation is accompanied by a substantial introduction which sets the work in its biographical, historical, and intellectual context, and offers a close and critical analysis of the text itself. No library descriptions found. |
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