Buch, Englisch, Band 57, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 168 g
Reihe: libri virides
On Doubt and Stress
Buch, Englisch, Band 57, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 168 g
Reihe: libri virides
ISBN: 978-3-68911-054-3
Verlag: Bautz, Traugott
What is gaslighting? It is more than just a lie or a manipulation tactic. Gaslighting is a slow erosion of a person’s ability to trust their own perception. It unfolds over time, often within intimate relationships, workplaces, or families, creating confusion, self-doubt, and emotional dependency.
This book shows how gaslighting works not only in the mind, but also in the body. Drawing on philosophy, psychoanalysis, sociology, film, and contemporary stress research, it explains how chronic relational pressure can disrupt a person’s sense of reality and undermine their agency from within.
The book traces the subtle dynamics through which doubt takes hold and offers language for experiences that are difficult to describe, also showing why recovery requires more than “just realizing what happened.” It calls for restoring one’s capacity to feel, to know, and to act from a place of embodied determination.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 9
The Movie Gaslight 10
The Onset of the Relationship 11
Life in London 13
Jealousy 15
The Loss of the Brooch and
Appearance of Flickering Gas Light 17
Accusations of Incompetence 19
A Visit from a Neighbor 20
The Missing Painting 22
The Music Concert 24
Brian to the Rescue 27
Summary of the Analysis 30
Theoretical Discussion of Gaslighting 32
Melanie Klein’s Object Relations theory and
projective interjection 33
Kate Abramson’s Turning Up the Lights on Gaslighting 37
Gaslighting and Epistemic Injustice 42
The Tangent 44
Anger Gaslighting and Emotional Uptake 51
Sociology of Gaslighting by Paige L. Sweet 52
Developing the Discussion on Gaslighting 54
Mental Flexibility 56
History of Stress Research 59
The Rubrics of the Stressed Body 65
The Way Out 75
Plato’s “Phaedrus” 75
Paris Hilton’s Autobiography 80
Conclusion 87
Bibliography 91
