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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hacking, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soul > Psychological aspects.
Multiple personality > Social aspects.
Multiple personality > Philosophy.
Multiple personality.
Memory > Social aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Memory Improvement.
Âme > Aspect psychologique.
Personnalite multiple > Histoire.
Personnalite multiple > Aspect social.
Personnalite multiple > Philosophie.
Multiple personality > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9781400821686

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