Rewriting the Soul : Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory.

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Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people receive treatment for dissociative disorders in every sizable town in North America. Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of patient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hacking, Ian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Multiple personality > Philosophy.
Memory > Social aspects.
Multiple personality > Social aspects.
Multiple personality > History.
Soul > Psychological aspects.
Personnalité multiple > Philosophie.
Personnalité multiple > Aspect social.
Personnalité multiple > Histoire.
Âme > Aspect psychologique.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Memory Improvement.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
Memory > Social aspects
Multiple personality
Multiple personality > Philosophy
Multiple personality > Social aspects
Soul > Psychological aspects
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people receive treatment for dissociative disorders in every sizable town in North America. Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of patients and therapists, find child sexual abuse to be the primary cause of the illness, while critics accuse the "MPD" community of fostering false memories of childhood trauma. Here the distinguished philosopher Ian Hacking uses the MPD epidemic and its links with the contemporary concept of child abuse.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (347 pages)
ISBN:9781400821686
1400821681

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