Pierre Janet

A Contemporary Introduction
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-94790-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis

In this concise yet illuminating volume, Giuseppe Craparo explores the work of Pierre Janet, deftly outlining his theory of mind and pioneering studies on dynamic psychology, trauma and dissociation.

Craparo covers the main concepts of Janet’s theory, from disaggregation, fixed ideas, psychic force and psychic tension to the field of consciousness and subconscious. Working from the view that Janet was not only a forerunner of psychoanalysis, this book shows how his work at the intersection of medicine, philosophy and experimental psychology retains vital relevance for contemporary practice. This book provides new perspectives on Janet’s influence on Freudian and Relational Psychoanalysis, as well as his working relationship with Freud.

Pierre Janet: A Contemporary Introduction is essential reading for practicing psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, as well as students and scholars interested in Janet and his legacy in the fields of psychotraumatology and psychoanalysis.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Craparo, Giuseppe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Pierre Janet 2. Psychological Automatism 3. Theory of the Mind 4. Feelings and Emotions 5. Psychological Disaggregation 6. Hysteria 7. Psychasthenia 8. Principles of Psychotherapy 9. A comparison between Janet and Freud 10. From Janet to Relational Psychoanalysis

Über Autor(innen)

Giuseppe Craparo is a psychologist, psychoanalyst and professor of Clinical Psychology at Kore University of Enna, Italy. He is the author of Dissociative Retreat and Addiction: Trauma, Dissociation, and Affect Dysregulation (2026), and co-editor of Rediscovering Pierre Janet: Trauma, Dissociation, and a New Context for Psychoanalysis (2019). With Onno van der Hart, he edited the first English language editions of Pierre Janet’s Subconscious Acts, Anesthesias and Psychological Disaggregation in Psychological Automatism: Partial Automatism (2021) and Catalepsy, Memory and Suggestion in Psychological Automatism: Total Automatism (2021).